A missing official of the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), who was allegedly kidnapped from Islamabad earlier this month, has been found to be in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Last week, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted the Islamabad Police one more week to track down NCCIA Deputy Director Muhammad Usman.
In a petition filed for his recovery, Usman’s wife Rozina had claimed that four armed individuals kidnapped her husband on October 14.
However, according to a short order dated October 29 from Lahore Judicial Magistrate Naeem Wattoo, Usman was in FIA custody and remanded for three days with instructions to produce him before the district court on Saturday.
According to the FIA investigator’s request for remand, the NCCIA official was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a case involving collusion with other NCCIA officials, abuse of power and extortion of bribes.
Usman was named in the case registered on Monday by Aroob Jatoi, the wife of YouTuber Saadur Rehman alias Ducky Bhai, who was arrested in a case relating to promotion of gambling apps on social media.
Besides Usman, six NCCIA officials from Lahore and Islamabad, NCCIA Deputy Director Ayaz Khan and Inspector Salman Aziz have also been named in the case.
