Controversial television host Orya Maqbool Jan has been arrested by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on charges of hate speech and disrespectful remarks, The Express Tribune has reported.
FIA has stated that Orya Maqbool Jan will be presented before the judicial magistrate for physical remand on Thursday.
“A raid had taken place on his residency at the Defence Housing Society (DHA) phase 6,” FIA said in a statement.
Jan’s lawyer Azhar Siddiqui has said his client was apprehended after a social media post about the Mubarak Sani case.
Siddiqui said, “We haven’t been informed of the specifics of the FIR, and we believe the FIA lacks jurisdiction in this matter.” Yet, the First Information Report (FIR) has not been made public.”
Orya has been criticised many times over the years for disparaging remarks about minorities.
