Karachi man arrested in Lahore for blackmailing woman into marriage

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a Karachi resident for allegedly blackmailing a woman in Lahore and forcing her to marry him, read a statement issued on Friday.

According to the FIA statement, the suspect, who is a resident of North Karachi, had been blackmailing the Lahore woman by threatening to post private photos and videos of her on the internet if she did not agree to his marriage proposal.

He travelled to Lahore from Karachi along with his family and baraat (wedding party) to marry the complainant. However, upon arrival at the Lahore railway station, a team of FIA's Cybercrime Wing arrested the suspect.

A case has been registered against the suspect on charges of blackmailing and harassment under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.

The arrest comes days after a young woman in Punjab's Muzaffargarh district committed suicide after allegedly being blackmailed by a man for refusing his marriage proposal.

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Comments (7) Closed

Waqar Khan

Dec 21, 2018 10:12pm

Blackmailing her with the private pictures? So how about investigate if the girl's famil has forced her to lie. Or else I assume how he got the girl's private pictures? Assuming with him.

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M. Saeed

Dec 21, 2018 10:19pm

This is an alarming new crime spreading fast in the society. Government must form a special section in police force for dealing secretly with all such cases, getting information from the internet sites showing such uploads.

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Noonari THUL

Dec 21, 2018 10:50pm

fraud man should not leave.

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Maha Batool

Dec 21, 2018 11:57pm

what i believe is that such measures should be taken beforehand and even there should be articulated awareness disseminated through advertising on social media while you made account. everyone should know the law and order about cybercrimes so that such painful events do not occur in our society where uninformed people behave in such abusive manner that could even effect ones life leading to death.

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Gordon D. Walker

Dec 22, 2018 12:04am

Good work by the police. Treat women with respect. They are our sisters, wives, mothers and need our love and protection. Gordon D. Walker Canada

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Saad

Dec 22, 2018 12:52am

All blackmailers on any reason, especially on women and sometime on boys, must be behind the bar, rest of their lives, no matter how influential he is.

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A Shah

Dec 22, 2018 06:10am

Thus blackmailing has become too common and prevalent.! He could get just marry the wives and then loot her or them, ... legally ? Or he could marry her on a temporary contract and then dissolve the marriage at will.. There are a million options readily available !!?!!! And they are all totally legal, binding and common place in our country..

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