Officials have told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that missing National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Deputy Director Muhammad Usman was investigating important cases, including the one against popular YouTuber Saadur Rehman aka Ducky Bhai.

 

As per the details, District Superintendent of Police (DSP) Legal Sajid Cheema informed the court that investigations were “underway” to trace the NCCIA official, adding that the senior superintendent of police investigation was looking into the matter.

 

“The missing deputy director was investigating the Ducky Bhai case,” the DSP said, adding that the “rest of the people investigating this case are also missing” and the police station investigating the case was in Lahore.

 

It merits a mention that the case stems from a first information report (FIR) registered at Shams Colony Police Station on the complaint of the missing officer’s wife Rozina Usman. In her complaint, she said that her husband was taken away by four unidentified armed men on October 14.

 

Rozina said that the incident took place at around 7:30 pm when the armed men arrived in a white car and abducted her husband on gunpoint.

 

During the hearing on Friday, the lawyer representing Rozina, Advocate Raja Rizwan Abbasi, told the court that she had also disappeared after filing the petition.

 

DSP Cheema added that Rozina was previously in Lahore and then in Islamabad, according to data available till October 18. He said that her last known location was Empress Road in Lahore, after which her phone had been switched off.

 

The hearing was conducted by Justice Muhammad Azam Khan, who gave a three-day ultimatum to the police in the federal capital for Usman’s recovery.

 

During the hearing, Justice Khan remarked that the court aimed to solve the issue rather than merely give dates.

 

Hearing the case for the first time on October 20, Justice Khan had said that the Islamabad IG and the NCCIA’s central officers should appear before the court in person if the police were unable to recover him within three days.

 

The court has adjourned the hearing of the case until October 31, giving the authorities an extra week to recover the missing officer.