SIALKOT: The first woman to be arrested under Pakistan’s cyber-crime law secured a bail two days after her...
SIALKOT: The first woman to be arrested under Pakistan’s cyber-crime law secured a bail two days after her arrest.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested Sadia Mirza from Sialkot on March 25. She was charged with blackmailing Ahsan Rana, a resident of London. Hassan Rana, the latter’s brother, filed the complaint and alleged that Mirza had sent messages to Rana over social networking website Facebook, demanding money.
As per the FIR, Mirza has been charged with “sending threatening, abusive, and lewd messages.” The case had been registered according to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 – clauses 20 (1) and 24(b)(c).
A court, hearing the case, ordered Mirza’s bail against a bail bond worth Rs200,000.