Police have begun the search for a third suspect in the case where women in Quetta were raped and later blackmailed through their inappropriate videos, after another victim came forward with her complaint.
Superintendent of Police (SP) said that police were conducting raids to arrest the third suspect and help has been sought from Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s cybercrime cell in investigating the matter.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the suspect under Sections 354-A (stripping woman of her clothes), 376 (punishment for rape), 376-A (disclosure of identity of victim of rape), 496-A (enticing or taking away a woman), 503 (criminal intimidation) and 506-B (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to the FIR, the complainant said that two years ago she went to a house at Quetta’s Nechari road in search of a job where the accused along with two other men, who have already been arrested by the police, recorded nude videos of her and other girls present there and later used the videos to blackmail them.
Earlier, Quetta police had arrested two suspects accused of recording inappropriate videos of women and later sharing them online. Police investigation revealed that the two suspects, who are brothers, lured women by offering them jobs and then forced them to tape inappropriate videos that they would later share.
Both suspects were remanded in police custody for 14-days
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Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has taken notice of the issue and said that the culprits should be dealt with strictly.
