The National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has placed a man from Lahore in police custody for five days on Thursday after he was accused of using Snapchat to exploit a minor.

 

 

According to the agency, the arrest was made in response to information regarding the suspect's internet activities that were given by an international organization. Investigators confiscated his phone after he was arrested and have discovered pornographic material stored in screenshots and screen-recording folders.

 

 

NCCIA informed a sessions court that the suspect confessed to the crime while being questioned. Section 22 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, which addresses the unauthorized use of identification information, was used to file a complaint against him.

 

 

The court granted five of the fourteen days of physical remand that sub-inspector Shafqat Ehsan, the investigating officer, had asked. On August 26, the suspect will be re-presented.

 

 

The incident has taken place in the midst of an increase in child abuse reports nationwide. In 2024, there were 3,364 such cases countrywide, encompassing all provinces as well as Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan, according to data from the child rights organization Sahil.

 

 

According to the group breakdown, girls made up 53 percent of the victims while boys made up 47 percent. There were 93 male and 108 female victims in the 200 instances that were categorized as sexual abuse cases.