Seven NCCIA officers resign over alleged corruption in Ducky Bhai case

Resignation letters of officers have been forwarded to Ministry of Interior, with approval expected later this week

Seven officers from the Federal Investigation Agency’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency have submitted their resignations following allegations of bribery and corruption linked to the high-profile arrest of YouTuber Saad ur Rehman, also known as Ducky Bhai. 

The resignation letters of the seven officers have been forwarded to the Ministry of Interior by the newly appointed Director General of NCCIA, Khurram Ali. Approval for their dismissal is expected later this week.

Sources have revealed that investigations by the FIA and intelligence agencies uncovered close ties between senior National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) officers and Ducky Bhai. Following his arrest, several officers allegedly accepted a substantial bribe, with one officer transferring over $300,000 from Ducky Bhai’s account to his own. The officers are then said to have shared the funds among themselves.

The scandal deepened when several officers linked to the case mysteriously disappeared, including Assistant Director Chaudhry Sarfraz Ahmed, Director of Operations Muhammad Usman, Assistant Director Mujtaba Zafar, Deputy Director Zawar Ahmed, Shoaib Riaz, and Sub-Inspectors Ali Raza and Yasir Ramzan.

In the aftermath, a case was registered against the officers based on a complaint filed by Ducky Bhai’s wife, Aroob Jatoi. Nine officers were arrested, and investigations are ongoing.

Last week, six NCCIA officials were arrested and presented in court in a case registered against them for taking large bribes and misusing their power. The court granted physical remand for all of them.

The case was registered on the complaint of Aroob Jatoi, the wife of Ducky Bhai. The FIA submitted its investigation report, stating that approximately Rs 42.5 million had been recovered from the accused officials.