NAUSHEHRA: Police on Monday caught red-handed leader of gang which befriended women online and blackmailed them.
The accused was arrested from the Peshawar-Islamabad Rashakai interchange when a young woman reportedly kidnapped by the man spotted the police and started screaming for help.
The woman, named Misbah Saleem, told Risalpur police that the accused, named Mehran, had sent her a friendship request online three months ago and then tricked her into sending him pictures of herself and other women in her family.
He then met with her several times, she said, and started using her pictures to blackmail her.
Misbah told the police that out of fear for her reputation she was forced to go with the accused on August 14. He had told her that if she came along with him he would remove her pictures. He was high on drugs and kept abusing her on the way, she said.
Mehran was bringing her from Charsaddha to Naushehra when he was arrested.
According to investigative officer Nawaz Khan, the accused belongs to Peshawar and his father is a meter inspector at PASSCO.
Around 800 explicit photos and videos of women were found in Mehran’s mobile phone, which he had also shared with seven other members of his group.
Police also discovered drugs in his custody.
Police presented the accused to Judicial Magistrate Sheraz Tariq and obtained his physical remand for three days.
Misbah’s parents refused to accept their daughter after the incident.
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