A court in Karachi on Wednesday rejected the bail application of a man who was arrested in connection with a cybercrime, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Rejecting the bail plea of the suspect, Judicial Magistrate Syed Imran Ali Zaidi sent him to jail on physical remand.

Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Cell had arrested the man for posting obscene pictures of a woman, who rejected his proposal for marriage, on social media.

In March 2020, the Cybercrimes Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested five suspects in raids in different areas in Karachi.

The accused used to make women’s videos and then blackmail them. Police seized cell phones of the suspects and retrieved videos from them. Those arrested were identified as Zeeshan, Rizwan, Zain, Abdul and his brother Umair.

According to a report based on FIA’s data and published last year, 90 percent of cybercrime victims in Pakistan were women/minor girls and seventy percent of the cases involved pornographic content.

Earlier, on January 8, 2021, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Karachi, in order to ensure swift disposal of such cases, had divided the Cyber Crime Circle into three cells.

In this connection, FIA Sindh Cyber Crime Circle Additional Director Faizullah Korejo had issued the orders.

Financial Cyber Crime Cell was constituted to work with Deputy Director Abdul Ghaffar as its head while an assistant director and seven other officers were also included in it.  

Another cell that had been carved out of the Cyber Crime Cell, to be headed by Deputy Director Ahmed Zaeem, was meant to settle the cases of harassment, blackmailing and character assassination. The cell also consisted of one assistant director and seven other officers.

The third cell, consisting of an assistant director and five other officers, was formed to work under Deputy Director Kaleemullah Memon.