The FIA arrested on Monday a suspect from Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of the city on charges of blackmailing and harassing women online. The agency also recovered ‘objectionable’ videos from his laptop and mobile phone. A case has been registered against him under sections of the cybercrime law. The suspect, identified as Jawad, has been accused of shooting illicit videos of women and then blackmailing them. He used to demand money in return for not posting them on social media. The FIA launched an investigation against the suspect on the complaint of a woman. In July also a man, identified as Iftikhar, was arrested fromfor befriending a woman in the name of employment opportunities and then harassing her, according to the Federal Investigation Agency. The man used to work at a mall. He promised the woman a job and then began a relationship with her. The man then forced her to send him inappropriate pictures and later shared those with his friend.
