A case has been filed with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against nine officers of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) for allegedly misusing their authority, media reports have stated.

 

The case includes six officers who were missing for several days before the FIA confirmed their arrest on charges of bribery and abuse of power. An FIR was lodged on the complaint of Aroob Jatoi, wife of YouTuber Saadur Rehman, also known as Ducky Bhai, who is under arrest on charges of promoting gambling apps on social media.

 

Those named in the FIR include Additional Director Sarfraz, Acting Lahore Deputy Director Zawar Ahmad, Sub-Inspector Ali Raza, Assistant Director Shoaib Riaz, Sub-Inspector Yasir Ramzan, Assistant Director Mujtaba Zafar, Islamabad Deputy Director Operations Muhammad Usman, Deputy Director Ayaz Khan, and Salman Aziz.

 

The FIA has registered the case under Sections 109 and 161 of the Pakistan Penal Code, along with Section 5(2)47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which deals with criminal misconduct by public servants.

 

Earlier, the lawyer representing the six arrested officers submitted an application to a Lahore judicial magistrate, demanding their immediate production before court. The application, filed by Barrister Mian Ali Ashfaq, claimed that neither the officers’ families nor their lawyers had been allowed to meet them since the arrests.

 

The lawyer argued that the FIA’s actions violated the Constitution and legal procedures outlined in the Criminal Procedure Code and Police Rules. He said the officials should have been presented before a court within 24 hours of detention.

 

He added that such practices amounted to illegal confinement and violated the suspects’ fundamental rights under Articles 9, 10, and 10A of the Constitution. The plea also urged the court to direct the FIA’s Lahore director and deputy director to produce the detained officers immediately “in the interest of justice.”

 

Reports suggest that Additional Director Sarfraz was previously transferred to Islamabad following multiple controversies, including investigations into YouTubers such as Ducky Bhai and Rajab Butt for their alleged links with online gambling and unregulated trading.

 

According to reports, the missing officers’ disappearance was linked to the ongoing probes into social media influencers and related financial crimes.

 

Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court last week granted police one more week to trace missing Cybercrime Deputy Director Muhammad Usman. His wife, Rozina Usman, had earlier filed a petition claiming that armed men abducted her husband on October 14. 

 

The court also noted that Rozina herself went missing after filing the plea, and it sought updated reports from the police on both disappearances.