- NCCIA confirms acceptance of senior officer’s resignation.
- Assistant Director Shoaib Riaz among officers who resigned.
- Asma Majeed decides to join the National Forensic Agency.
As many as four officials of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), including Deputy Director General Sarfraz Chaudhry, who was accused by YouTuber Ducky Bhai of custodial torture, have resigned from their posts.
In an announcement dated December 12, the NCCIA confirmed the acceptance of the four officers’ resignations from their positions.
The officers included Assistant Directors Muhammad Shoaib Riaz, Muhammad Usman, while Asma Majeed, who was on the same post, has decided to join the National Forensic Agency.
The resignations of all four officers will be considered effective from November 20.
The resignations come days after the YouTuber, whose real name is Saadur Rehman, allegedly suffered torture and humiliation at the hands of Chaudhry.
Rehman was arrested in August on charges of money laundering through a gambling application, and remained in NCCIA custody for nearly three months.
He was released on bail on November 26.
In a video message posted on his YouTube channel, Rehman claimed that Chaudhry repeatedly punched him in the face, abused him with obscene language, forced him to bend his legs and raise his arms, and even subjected him to a video call in which a child was encouraged to hurl abuse at him.
He also accused the NCCIA officials of trying to extort money from him and claimed that they offered to solve his problem for Rs70-80 million.
In October, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested six NCCIA officers, including Chaudhry and Riaz, for “abuse of authority” and accepting bribes to favor a complainant in an ongoing investigation.
They were accused of receiving Rs9 million in bribe from Rehman’s wife.
During a court hearing on November 3, the FIA stated that Rs45.8 million was recovered from the suspects.
Separately, the FIA’s Anti-Corruption Circle last month booked several senior NCCIA officers for their alleged involvement in extortion linked to illegal call centres.
The FIA also named a frontman and a foreign national allegedly involved in facilitating the illegal trade.
At the time, sources within the FIA said around Rs 15 million was received from 15 illegal call centers in Rawalpindi.
The extortion network generated approximately Rs 120 million between September 2024 and April 2025, they added.
