FIA probes suicide of man blackmailed by predatory loan app

Investigators of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday visited the residence of the forty two-12 months-old guy who died through suicide at his house in Rawalpindi an afternoon in advance to acquire evidence and interview the own family.Sources inside the FIA stated that investigators had taken into custody a voice message despatched by using Muhammad Masood to his spouse before taking his personal life. In it, he mentioned the stress to pay the interest and mortgage amount as he changed into being threatened and blackmailed via personnel of the net mortgage app.

The three-member FIA group also took the cellular cellphone of the sufferer and additionally reviewed his emails, together with the correspondence with the virtual lender. They additionally recorded the statements of the deceased’s spouse and brother.

The team of the Rawalpindi Cybercrime Circle comprised Station House Officer (SHO) Badar Shehzad, Inspector Owais and Chaudhry Rauf.The team additionally received details of the representatives of the web loan apps. The FIA group also accrued information of the cellular numbers used to threaten the victim. They additionally took information of payments acquired from and delivered to the digital lender.

FIA sources delivered that Masood’s telephone could be despatched for a forensic overview to gather concrete evidence.

Masood had initially taken a mortgage from a web app, which turned into presented with out a markup. However, the conditions covered consequences and the amount quickly ballooned to Rs70,000. It forced him to take every other loan, from a unique app, and he resulted in a debt trap with the amount owed accomplishing Rs1 million, resources inside FIA discovered.