Five men remanded in FIA custody in cyberstalking case.

KARACHI -- A judicial magistrate has remanded five suspects in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency in a case pertaining to alleged cyberstalking and harassment.

The FIA had arrested and booked the suspects for allegedly harassing two female victims and circulating objectionable material related to them.

The investigating officer produced the suspects before the judicial magistrate concerned to seek their physical remand in the FIA custody for interrogation.

The IO said that the suspects allegedly sent messages to a female complainant and her cousin on a social media networking website containing some objectionable pictures of them and used to harass and threaten the victim for the fulfilment of their illicit desires.

He further said that the suspects were arrested during raids in different areas of the city and obscene images of the victims were found in their mobile phones.

The IO claimed that all the suspects had been found involved in transmitting the obscene material to one another as well as to the victims through the WhatsApp mobile phone application and also...

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