First woman arrested under new cybercrime law

SIALKOT: The FIA on Saturday arrested a woman for blackmailing activities on social media which makes her the first female to be taken into custody under the recently-passed cybercrime law.

The woman, Sadia Mirza, has been accused of blackmailing Ahsan Rana. a resident of London. Hassan Rana, brother of Ahsan, filed the complaint and alleged that Mirza had sent messages to Ahsan over social networking website Facebook demanding money. As per the FIR, Mirza has been charged with sending threatening abusive and lewd messages.

The investigation and arrest were undertaken by a team headed by Inspector Humaira Kanwal and a case has subsequently been registered according to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 clauses 20 (1) and 24(b) (c).  Mirza has been shifted to the women section of the local police station on remand.