The officials’ resignation letters have been sent to the Ministry of the Interior and approval is expected later this week.
Seven officers of the Federal Investigation Agency’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency have resigned following allegations of bribery and corruption related to the high-profile arrest of YouTuber Saad Rehman, also known as Ducky Bhai. The officers, who were once part of the investigation team, will be dismissed after Home Office approval.
The resignation letters of the seven officers were sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs by the newly appointed NCCIA Director General Khurram Ali. Approval of his dismissal is expected later this week.
Sources have revealed that investigations by the FIA and intelligence agencies uncovered close links between senior officials of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and Ducky Bhai. Following his arrest, several agents allegedly accepted a substantial bribe, and one agent transferred more than $300,000 from Ducky Bhai’s account to his own. The agents are then said to have shared the funds among themselves.
The scandal deepened when several officers linked to the case mysteriously disappeared, including Deputy Director Chaudhry Sarfraz Ahmed, Director of Operations Muhammad Usman, Deputy Director Mujtaba Zafar, Deputy Director Zawar Ahmed, Shoaib Riaz and Sub-Inspectors Ali Raza and Yasir Ramzan.
Later, a case was registered against the officers based on a complaint filed by Ducky Bhai’s wife Aroob Jatoi. Nine officers were arrested and investigations are ongoing.
Last week, six NCCIA officials were arrested and produced before court in a case registered against them for accepting huge bribes and abusing their power. The court granted physical preventive detention for all of them.
The case was registered following the complaint of Aroob Jatoi, Ducky Bhai’s wife. The FIA submitted its investigation report, stating that approximately Rs 42.5 million had been recovered from the accused officials.
