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LAHORE: The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) has detected over 2,000 objectionable pictures and videos from the laptop of the main accused in the lady doctors harassment case.
The PFSA has submitted its findings to the Anti-Terrorism Court as evidence after a detailed forensic analysis of the laptop.
Many other shocking revelations, including use of 108 CNICs, were also made in the PFSA report.
Accused Abdul Wahab from Layyah district is facing trial under the Anti-Terrorism Act for blackmailing and harassing lady doctors.
He was arrested in April 2015 by the law enforcement agencies from Narran after the scam surfaced that nearly 200 women, including lady doctors and nurses of some government teaching hospitals of Lahore, had been harassed or blackmailed. Gowalmandi police had registered the case
Most of his victims were house officers and postgraduate trainees from King Edward Medical University, Fatima Jinnah Medical University and Children Hospital, Lahore.
According to initial investigations, the accused used to trap lady doctors by having access to their mobile phone chats/pictures, whatsapp chats, viber contacts and facebook accounts using different technologies.
After editing their conversation/pictures, he would allegedly call them to some restaurant to further blackmail them.
He had allegedly destroyed future of several lady doctors by providing their in-laws and other family members ‘objectionable video clips and photos’, the initial investigation said.
The PFSA which identified 428, 322 graphics/pictures during analysis of the laptop, categorically said many photos were edited or tempered with. It said the charge of blackmailing the victims was also proved during analysis.
While presenting a data of 2159 objectionable pictures out of the total, the report says, “The genuineness of a single picture could not be determined according to the standard operating procedure of the audio visual analysis department”.
It further says 667 pictures of facebook chats, whatsapp etc were separately identified.
The PFSA further revealed that 108 CNIC/passports, call details etc. had also been separately analyzed and provided to the court.
The forensic agency also traced some calls in which the accused was identifying himself as a senior official of sensitive agencies.
“A total of 2,454 multimedia files were identified”, the report stated adding that of them 266 audio call recordings were also found. It says these may contain blackmailing content.
Published in Dawn, May 1st, 2017
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May 01, 2017 11:00am
If the evidence was "forgeries" then that would be crime. Fraud, not amounting to terrorism.
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May 01, 2017 11:04am
The cyber crimes regulations need to be implemented to prevent such incidents!
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May 01, 2017 11:08am
brilliant work by the authorities. This should serve as an example for people who believe they can mess with peoples lives.
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May 01, 2017 11:09am
Good work done by Punjab Govt to establish such an agency in Pakistan.
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May 01, 2017 11:10am
We thought Technology is for mankind; Now, we understand, it is against mankind. World is becoming more and more difficult, restless and dangerous with advancement in technology.
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May 01, 2017 11:13am
hope is is punished . i have no hope in punjab police.
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May 01, 2017 11:15am
So sad, so bad
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May 01, 2017 11:17am
Must be punished severely..
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May 01, 2017 11:23am
Court should sentence him life time jail who ruined so many homes.
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May 01, 2017 11:26am
The culprit should be given extremely severe punishment so that an example is set and no one else should even dare to try such a thing again.
We must safeguard our female workforce.
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May 01, 2017 11:28am
Pakistanis are leaders in the world to misuse technology for all sorts of unproductive purposes. Some should simply be denied Mobile Phones and Internet Access. Their brains cannot cope with overwhelming freedoms the Internet provides.
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May 01, 2017 11:28am
He had allegedly destroyed future of several lady doctors who refused to pay.
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May 01, 2017 11:30am
I tried to find in the report what will be the punishment for him. Half reporting.
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May 01, 2017 11:39am
Good analytical work to prosecute the criminal. It must now proceed to its logical conclusion.
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May 01, 2017 11:44am
exemplary punishment required.
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May 01, 2017 12:01pm
The real culprit are the families who don't even believe their own family-which would have rendered him useless.
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May 01, 2017 12:03pm
Very sad incident. Culprits be punished.
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May 01, 2017 12:09pm
Strict action must be taken..
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May 01, 2017 12:21pm
This horrible persons face should be exposed and made an example of for ruining innocent people's lives.
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May 01, 2017 01:04pm
We should also trust or female family members and should not hit the roof on the first hint of something inappropriate, this will also deter such criminals.
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May 01, 2017 01:05pm
As mentioned by others, exemplary punishment should be vetted out against the accused which would act as a reminder for other 'aspirants'
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May 01, 2017 01:09pm
Please close the case appropriately and not like Model Town case.
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May 01, 2017 01:19pm
Make him an example . Killing's a women's honor is a bigger crime than killing her.
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May 01, 2017 01:25pm
hope this case meets its end well, because a lot of sensitivities are involved in cases like these where the victims are more victimized during questioning on the course to justice
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May 01, 2017 01:50pm
Can I remind people that , these lady doctors also ought to be trained that it is not sensible to trust anyone to the extent of getting yourself vulnerable like that.
Granted that this is a psychopathic criminal we are dealing with here...but our daughters need to reminded that they will meet lot of interesting men on the way....they will have to be able to protect and insulate themselves.No one , specially some one who gains your confidence , is not allowed to record/video/ you in a vulnerable state.
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May 01, 2017 02:12pm
These evil minds need examplery punishments otherwise anyone can play with others lives. Data protection is a serious issue and before it goes away from hand better make some laws.
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May 01, 2017 02:23pm
Just to mention the real problem of our society...this criminal harrassed several ladies and law enforcement agencies got interested only when he started with the high ranked members of society, so rightly titled"lady doctors harrasment case"
This mindset is the real problem in society we live in!!
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May 01, 2017 03:01pm
cyber criminals and terrorists may do more with computer than with gun.
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May 01, 2017 03:34pm
People like him who have destroyed many lives and scores of families need to be punished with death penalty to create an example so no one ever dares do this again
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May 01, 2017 03:38pm
He isn't alone.Some one is backing him as well he must have more associates.The problem with us is that these criminals get free or get lenient punishment due to their connections.The media and civil society must pursue this case for final conclusion as we all have a short memory and this case will too be forgotten.Thanks Dawn for highlighting this case of 2015.
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May 01, 2017 04:12pm
What a great tragedy?
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May 01, 2017 04:38pm
@Naeem the man was photoshopping pictures,
Could be any lady with an uncovered face
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May 01, 2017 05:17pm
Just wondering if that can happen to educated and well off families children then whats happening with the vulnerable poor one's in the society!!!
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May 01, 2017 05:29pm
Put them through ATC.
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May 01, 2017 08:22pm
@Tabish and that means what exactly????
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May 01, 2017 08:38pm
Problem is that we will never find out what happened to the case, so many arrests happened in past in various crimes, but we never found out what happened, no one knows about punishments, main reason for punishments is to warn others not to commit crime, but unfortunately that doesn't happen in Pakistan. I think this guy will be released.
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May 01, 2017 09:46pm
Great job by Pakistan's law enforcement agencies....Thanks.
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May 01, 2017 10:19pm
@Naeem Did you not read the part of the article that says the photos were doctors and not a single one was proven authentic? And while we are at it, why should we emphasize on training our daughters? Why can't we train our sons to be more respectful? Isn't this a 2-way street?
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May 02, 2017 01:14am
The person in question may himself one day end up in a situation where he is attended to by lady doctors and/or female nursing staff, whether at home or perhaps elsewhere. Furthermore, would Abdul Wahab and others of the same perverted mindset want their mothers, wives, or daughters to be subjected to any kind of harassment? Would the accused himself do this to his own spouse, female relatives, daughter(s), or spouse and feel proud of his actions? Perhaps the accused was himself at one time the victim of abuse, and the need for adequate resources has been mentioned in previous articles. If you don't first of all respect yourself, you cannot respect others.
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May 02, 2017 01:47am
@RahEem -"Could be any lady with an uncovered face" // Yes. Uncovered face is the culprit.
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May 02, 2017 02:30am
The evil people would find a way to abuse the good things like technology for their nefarious designs. This blackmailer must be given exemplary punishment and long jail term. Nobody would ever know how many lives he has destroyed by his devilish mind.
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May 02, 2017 10:50am
so disturbing and feel sorry for the victims
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May 02, 2017 12:13pm
Good Work by authorities
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May 02, 2017 01:18pm
It is not Abudl Wahab who destroyed the future of many victims. Such culprits only take advantage of the the prevalent mentality and false morals where victims are demonized instead of being supported.
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May 02, 2017 03:05pm
half report, did not mention the purpose of the culprit.
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May 02, 2017 04:46pm
This crook could have used his IT skills for something productive and make money, but twisted minds never go straight.
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May 02, 2017 06:56pm
@Naeem the article suggests that he is a hacker who did not necessarily need to be in contact with these women to intrude in their privacy. Secondly he seems to have made fake pictures, can't blame or "train" the women to prevent that
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May 02, 2017 08:47pm
PFSA is doing a great job identifying forgeries. It needs cooperation from the enforcement agencies like Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) prosecute and apprehend the criminals upon confirmation a crime has been committed. ACE is not doing their job efficiently as my case is still pending for almost two years since PFSA submitted its report to the ACE.
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May 02, 2017 08:54pm
If she was a common woman (not a lady doctor), no one would bother to catch the culprit.
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May 03, 2017 12:40am
All this here above is Big useless crap. Some one writes;
followed with comments; some even meaningful and good;
BUT who cares? Who is to bell the wild Cats? Surely not our
most righteous Police; if the case goes to them; they will love
it; and the poor women so much more than worse; and that
goes right to the top. Its more fodder for the perpetually
hungry Police.
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May 03, 2017 05:15am
just sickening me to read all this.
i dont belive only one man can do all this. must be more with him
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May 03, 2017 09:53am
I am afraid he is not doing all this alone he must have gang and some higher-ups to look after also, hope will be investigated properly, if there is a will.
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May 03, 2017 11:54am
@Tabish i would second you on that. mistakes can happen and by any member of our household or society. eh should let the person have the opportunity to regain the lost trust. who can claim to be saint these days.
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May 03, 2017 01:06pm
@GENGHIS khan Technology is a tool. Whether it is good or bad for mankind depends on the user.
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May 04, 2017 08:16pm
To terrorize general public or a segment of society by any means falls in the ambit of definition of terrorism. The accused's crime affects and disturbs the innocent women's liberty life and security therefore outrightly attracts the jurisdiction of Anti Terrorist Court.
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