NCCIA arrests three for cyber harassment in Lahore
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Tuesday arrested three suspects accused of cyber harassment and blackmail. In Lahore, the NCCIA arrested Azeem Jafri, a resident of Faisalabad, in connection with an online harassment and defamation complaint. The NCCIA said the suspect had been using online platforms to harass and defame complainant Syed Muzaffar Iqbal Zehrazai. A…
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) arrested three individuals on Tuesday accused of cyber harassment and blackmail in Lahore. Azeem Jafri, a resident of Faisalabad, was apprehended for online harassment and defamation of Syed Muzaffar Iqbal Zehrazai. During the operation, a mobile phone was seized from Jafri.
In another operation, Jamshed Mahmood Khan from Multan and Sajjad Sarwar from DG Khan were arrested. Khan shared objectionable data belonging to a woman through WhatsApp, issuing threats and blackmailing her, while Sarwar shared objectionable data of a woman, threatened her and blackmailed her. The recovered mobile phone contained WhatsApp-related material in both cases.
NCCIA Punjab head Muhammad Ali Wasim stated that the agency will continue to take action against those using cyberspace for harassment, blackmail, threats and violations of privacy.
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