A local court on Thursday handed over a suspect involved in the sextortion of a minor via Snapchat to the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on a five-day physical remand.
The accused, identified as Mian Momin Ahmad, was produced before Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Naeem Wattoo. The investigation officer told the court that the arrest followed a tip-off from an international organisation about the suspect’s activities.
He said pornographic content, including screenshots and screen recordings, was recovered from the suspect’s mobile phone. The officer added that the accused had confessed during initial interrogation and requested a 14-day physical remand for further recovery and investigation.
The court granted a five-day physical remand instead and directed that the suspect be produced again on August 26.
A case has been registered under Section 22 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.
