Authorities in Peshawar have taken into custody a government-run hospital’s CCTV operator for his alleged involvement in secretly filming women and leveraging those recordings for blackmail. 

 

 

According to reports, the arrest came after an investigation that was initiated over a woman’s report to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). 

 

 

She told the investigators that a man named Imran had reached out to her, claiming he wanted to marry her. He later started blackmailing her with private photographs and videos, demanding Rs2 million.

 

 

The victim reported to the authorities that the suspect had already sent a video to her brother-in-law and was also pressuring her father. 

 

 

With the NCCIA launching a probe, it analysed the material provided by the complainant and organised an operation to apprehend Imran. A meeting between the victim and the suspect was arranged at Tatara Park in the provincial capital where investigators nabbed him. 

 

 

A mobile phone in his possession revealed WhatsApp chats, numerous recordings and videos of women that seemed to have been recorded without consent.

 

 

During interrogation, Imran revealed that he was employed as a CCTV operator at PIC Peshawar, and most videos, which appeared to be from the hospital’s internal surveillance feeds, were recorded at the women’s ward.

 

 

After the recovery of evidence, the NCCIA compiled the information and submitted a report to local law enforcement. 

 

 

A case was formally registered under cybercrime and extortion laws.