Staff Reporter
Usman Mirza, who has been accused of sexually harassing, torturing, and filming a young couple in Islamabad’s E-11, will be indicted on September 28.
The police submitted the case challan at a hearing Saturday at an Islamabad sessions court. It named Mirza and accomplice Abrar prime suspects in the case.
The suspects filmed inappropriate videos of the couple and then blackmailed them for money. The police have seized weapons and mobile phones through which the videos were recorded.
According to the couple, Mirza abused and ridiculed them while filming the crime. The couple’s statements, recorded in front of the judicial magistrate, have been included in the case challan as well.
“The men extorted Rs1.15 million from the complainants,” the investigation officer told the court. Of this, Rs600,000 were taken by Mirza and the remaining amount was distributed among other suspects, he added.
Usman Mirza, the co-owner of a car business in Islamabad, was arrested when a video surfaced on the internet showing him harassing and torturing a young couple at an apartment in Sector E-11. During raids in the next few days, his accomplices were nabbed from different areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
