KARACHI: The Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a religious teacher accused of blackmailing his minor student and her family with her personal pictures.
FIA’s Additional Director Faizullah Korejo in a statement said, “The FIA’s Cyber Crime Circle conducted a successful raid in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and arrested the suspect.”
According to Korejo, a mother reported that she had appointed a Qari (religious teacher) for home tuition to teach the Holy Quran to her children. Later, her 13-year-old daughter complained that she had been physically abused by the teacher while studying the Quran at home.
The suspect was in possession of obscene pictures of her, on the basis of which he was trying to harass and blackmail her. The suspect later sent the said pictures to the girl’s mother via Whatsapp.
“The accused was threatening the family that if his unethical demands were not met, he would make the pictures viral on social media,” the Additional Director added.
An FIA team conducted a raid in Gulshan-i-Iqbal to apprehend the suspect. The law-enforcement personnel also confiscated the mobile phone in his possession. “The obscene image of minor girl was found available on whose basis she was being blackmailed,” he added.
The suspect has been booked under Sections 22 and 24 of the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, and Section 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
