ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested the main suspect and his two female accomplices on the charges of defrauding a female student which allegedly led her to commit suicide in Islamabad.

Sources confirmed to Dawn that the main suspect was detained during a raid at a house in Sector H-13. The police also picked his two female accomplices during separate raids in different areas.

Preliminary investigation showed that the main suspect along with the women and others operating a gang had already defrauded people.

The main suspect had previously served in the Anti-Corruption Department Quetta from where he was dismissed.

Gang defrauded a number of people and minted hundreds of millions of rupees, says official

It was further revealed that the gang was involved in online frauds as well as blackmailing. The gang defrauded a number of people and minted hundreds of millions of rupees.

The suspect defrauded the student, Laiba Aijaz, with the help of his female accomplices. Laiba had recently completed her BS degree from the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) and was planning to go to the US for further studies.

However, the suspect gave her fake travel documents after which she committed suicide.

Following the incident, the police and the Federal Investigation Agency registered separate cases. The police registered a case under Sections 322 (punishment for qatl-bis-sabab) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

Sources in the police prosecution department said Section 322 was a non-bailable offence and that anyone arrested under this section can only obtain bail from a court of law. Under this section, the suspects have to pay the blood money, reach a compromise with the family or be pardoned by the family. In case of failure, the accused can be convicted and serve life imprisonment, they added.

In majority of such cases, the matter was either settled through a compromise or the complainant pardoned the accused for the sake of Allah, the sources said, adding that accused persons rarely serve imprisonment in such cases.

The sources quoted the FIR as saying that the complainant, Mohammad Aijaz, a native of Sargodha, lived in G-10 with his family, and owned a milk shop. His daughter, Laiba Aijaz, 23, was a scholarship holder at the IIUI. About six months ago, the suspect, a native of Quetta, met her in Blue Area and conducted her interview.

Later, the suspect met the father in G-10 Markaz and introduced himself as a senior officer.

He also asked him to send his daughter to the US and an amount of Rs9.3 million was agreed upon for this purpose.

Later, Mr Aijaz paid Rs2.1 million to the suspect in the presence of a witness. Besides, his daughter transferred Rs2.9 million to the suspect’s bank account.

Later, the suspect handed over travel documents to Mr Aijaz at his shop in G-10 which turned out to be fake when he got it checked.

Besides, the suspect also provided him with a fake transaction receipt showing a transfer of $20,000 into the student’s account to prepare a bank statement.

However, the suspect then did not attend his phone calls.

A female accomplice of the suspect also used to contact Laiba and demand more money. As a result, the student was in distress and committed suicide.

The FIA also registered a case on the complaint of Amjadur Rehman, maternal uncle of the deceased, under Sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 109 (punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment) of the PPC along with Sections 18 (fraudulently inducing to emigrate, etc.) and 22 (receiving money, etc., for providing foreign employment) of the Emigration Ordinance, 1979.

According to the FIR, upon completion of an inquiry, it transpired that two persons, including a female native of Abbottabad residing in Rawalpindi, had with the active connivance of each other extorted Rs9.3 million from the student on the pretext of providing a US visa and arranging a scholarship for her.

The payment was made to the suspect in the form of bank transaction and cash Rs2.9 million was paid to him through the student’s bank account. However, the remaining amount was paid in cash at the shop of her father.

The suspects provided fake scholarship award letters, admission offer letters and university fee payment receipts. The student consequently suffered substantial financial loss and severe mental distress and committed suicide, said the FIR.

Published in Dawn, October 12th, 2026