• The court denies FIA’s request for Mallick’s custody.
• Backing Hearing in the PECA case set at April 3.
• Money Washing Case Bail Hearing on April 7.
  

Karachi: A judicial magistrate on Monday ordered jailed by journalist Farhan Mallick under the privilege.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) presented Mallick and the other accused of special judicial magistrate Malir after the end of their physical custody. The magistrate further refused detention and ordered Mallick’s transfer to the Landhi prison.

During the hearing, one of the defendants, atir, the court told him that he had never met Mallick before and saw him for the first time during custody. He rejected the claim that Mallick was involved in the illegal call center.

Attorney Jibran Nasir claimed that the FIA ​​had failed to give details of the alleged crime committed by Mallick and questioned what evidence was recovered during his custody.

In response, the investigative officer said the restored equipment had been sent for forensic examination.

Nasir also claimed that as soon as Mallick was sent to the court’s custody, another case was registered against him. He questioned whether a third case would also be initiated against the journalist.

However, the investigative officer informed the court that no further cases against Mallick had been registered.

Mallick faces two separate cases-after being arrested under the prevention of the electronic crime law (PECA) for allegedly sending anti-state content on social media, and another involving money laundering and facilitating an illegal call center.

His bail hearing for the first case is scheduled for April 3, while the second case will be heard on April 7.

Mallick-there worked for a private news channel as his director news and now owns a YouTube channel-been taken into custody on March 20 for charges of spreading anti-state content.

In another case that the FIA ​​registered against Mallick, the agency claimed to have attacked a call center in which they claimed that its employees were involved in stealing data from foreigners and fraudsters.

Two suspects were arrested, who reportedly told the authorities that the call center was run under Mallick’s orders.

FIR declared that the suspects, Syed Muhammad Atir Hussain and Hasan Najeeb Alam, along with others were involved in scaming more foreign nationals by stealing confidential financial data about their credit cards “through counterfeit calls and imitation,” which is allegedly used for incorrect gain.