A civil court on Tuesday handed over nine suspects to the Federal Investigation Agency on physical remand for an additional two days as investigators continued to probe predatory lending practices following the suicide of a Rawalpindi man who was hounded by staffers of lending apps.
On July 13, the Cybercrime Wing of FIA had initiated an investigation against the apps after the unemployed man ended his life due to “threats” for failing to pay back debts that rapidly ballooned to Rs800,000.
