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Nasir Janjua arrested in judge Arshad Malik video scandal

Nasir Janjua arrested in judge Arshad Malik video scandal
September 2, 2019
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Nasir Janjua, one of the main suspect in video scandal of accountability judge Arshad Malik, was arrested after appearance before the court in Islamabad on Monday. Nasir Janjua, Khurram Yousaf and Mehr Ghulam Jilani were arrested after rejecting the pre-arrest bail by special central judge. They all were arrested in the judge video scandal. Earlier, IHC’s acting chief justice Aamer Farooq announced the reserved verdict and barred the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to arrest Nasir Janjua. On the other hand, the FIA had opposed the bail plea of Janjua. The court directed Nasir Janjua to approach concerned forum for pre-arrest bail. However, the Cybercrime wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team was also present in the premises of the court. Janjua had filed a petition in the IHC seeking pre-arrest bail in case of blackmailing the accountability court judge. The court also granted Janjua protective bail till July 31. It is pertinent to mention here that Nasir Janjua was alleged for giving threat and bribe offer worth of billions rupees to Judge Arshad Malik. He is also considered close aide of former premier Nawaz Sharif. On July 18, FIA has lodged an first information report (FIR) against arrested main suspect Mian Tariq, others in Judge Arshad Malik’s video scandal. The FIR has been registered against Mian Tariq and others on the complaint of Judge Arshad Malik in the cybercrime wing. In the FIR, it states that the video shown by PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz in a press conference was tampered and electronic forged.