Five people have been arrested by local police in Multan district for murdering a pir who was sextorting women through videos that he possessed. 

 

Sextorting is the act of using intimate or confidential materials to blackmail someone for money or sexual favours. 

 

Riaz Hussain, 50, was strangled to death after being called to a house on the pretext of carrying out spiritual practices. His body was discovered two days later near the Chah Yousaf area after his son filed an FIR. 

 

During investigation it was found that Riaz Hussain had been sexually harassing women for a long time under the guise of spiritual healing and making amulets (taweez). 

 

The two women at the centre of the case, Shehnaz Bibi and Aasiya Bibi, told the police that not only did he harass them, but also blackmailed them after filming videos.

 

When he asked for a large amount of money and threatened to make the videos go viral, both the women told Mohammad Nadir and their cousin Mohammad Jamil. 

 

The suspects then called Riaz to the house to provide them with an amulet, from where they took him to Chak 184-M, checked his phone and found the videos on it. 

 

Then they strangled him to death. 

 

Mohammad Nadir, Mohammad Jamil, Aasiya Bibi, Shehbaz Bibi and another relative Aamir, who drove the car in which the body was disposed, have been arrested.

 

A five -member team police investigation team used the latest technology, geo-fencing, and CDR to find the killers. 

 

CPO Multan Sadiq Ali Dogar said in a press conference that the murder was a very complicated case. Initially there were no clues. However, using remarkable professional expertise, dedication and the latest investigative means, the Multan police have successfully resolved the case.