Lahore High Court judge, Justice Farooq Haider, stepped back from hearing a plea of YouTuber Saad ur Rehman alias Ducky Bhai, asking for bail in a case of advertising an online betting app.
Justice Farooq Haider forwarded the petition to the Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) for hearing by another suitable bench.
Earlier, an official from the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) provided a detailed report to the court about Ducky Bhai’s case.
However, the petitioner told the court that the NCCIA never served any notice to him, adding that the department didn’t present any witness against him.
Ducky Bhai’s lawyer also argued in the court that the co-accused in the same case got bail and appealed to the court to accept his client’s bail plea as well.
An FIR was filed against Ducky Bhai after verified information that several social media influencers were negatively motivating their followers to invest in betting apps to earn money.
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Explosive revelations have surfaced, exposing a multi-million-rupee bribery racket and gross misuse of authority within Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in connection with the high-profile “Ducky Bhai” case.
Just a day ago, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested four senior NCCIA officials including an Additional Director on serious charges of alleged corruption.
The detained officers include NCCIA Additional Director Sarfraz Chaudhry, Deputy Director Muhammad Zawar, Sub-Inspector Ali Raza, Assistant Director Shoaib Riaz, and officials Mujtaba Ramzan and Yasir Gujjar.
Aroob Jatoi FIR
According to the FIR, the officials are accused of abusing their authority and accepting massive bribes, sending shockwaves through Pakistan’s premier cybercrime body.
The inquiry was initiated on the complaint of Aroob Jatoi, wife of popular YouTuber Saad-ur-Rehman, known as “Ducky Bhai.” During the investigation, startling details emerged revealing how NCCIA officers allegedly extorted millions of rupees from call centers and online fraud companies, distributing the illicit funds among senior officials through an internal network of middlemen.
The scandal traces back to an operation conducted by NCCIA Lahore, which led to the arrest of Saad-ur-Rehman alias Ducky Bhai on charges of promoting and supporting online gambling applications. The investigation into his case was assigned to Assistant Director Shoaib Riaz.
However, during a subsequent inquiry based on Aroob Jatoi’s complaint, it was discovered that Shoaib Riaz had allegedly accepted PKR 6 million in bribes through intermediaries — identified as Usman (a mutual friend of Ducky Bhai and Riaz) and Salman Aziz, who acted as Riaz’s frontman — in exchange for “relief” in the case.
