MUZAFFARGARH: Important revelations have been made in the infamous Layyah pornography case.

The police registered two more cases against the accused under different provisions. On the order of South Punjab Additional Inspector General Dr Ehsan Sadiq, the scope of investigation in the pornography case was widened.

Layyah Superintendent of Police Rab Nawaz Tulla said a case was registered against the accused for using illegal weapons after a pistol was recovered from his house.

The Layyah city police completed the geofencing process and also confiscated two laptops from the suspect for forensic examinations.

The police said the suspect with his first wife started blackmailing people in 2017 and extorted money from them. So far, the police have seized one car, six mobile phones and USBs from the accused for departmental action against them.

So far, six accused are in police custody on physical remand while one is on bail.

Dr Ehsan Sadiq said he was monitoring the case. He made a joint investigation team after the case hit the headline after a resident of Layyah told police that on Aug 5, 12 suspects, eight of them nominated and four unidentified, took his daughter to an unidentified place near the Thal Medical College at gunpoint, gang-raped and tortured her, besides videotaping the gruesome incident.

On his complaint, Layyah police registered a case and formed police teams to arrest the suspects. Later on, the police arrested suspected gang leader with the help of a locator and arrested him in Nowshera, KP, with the help of the Counter Terrorism Department.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2022