Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Mohsin Butt on Fridaysaid that the video used in the Azam Swati case is probably Indian.
FIA director general talked to the media after attending the SenateCommittee on the Azam Swati case in Islamabad.
Talking to the media, Mohsin Butt said there is nothing they have hidden inthis case. He confirmed that the leaked video has an original clip of AzamSwati.
The FIA director general also informed the media that on the direction ofthe Senate committee, the video will be investigated from some otheraspects.
Earlier today, on the matter of Senator Azam Swati’s leaked video, theSenate panel held its meeting on Friday under the chair of its convenerMaulana Abdul Gafoor Haideri.
Interior Ministry Additional Secretary Momin Agha, FIA DG Mohsin Butt, andFIA Director Cybercrime Waqar Uddin participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, FIA DG Mohsin Butt briefed the meeting that they weredirected by the interior ministry to hold an inquiry into the incident ofthe leaked video of Senator Swati.
Then we directed the cybercrime team to investigate the videos being run onsocial media, he said adding that the cybercrime reported back that thesevideos were fake.
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The FIA DG further said that the affected person did not personally ask usto hold an inquiry into the leaked videos.
In the meeting, DG FIA told the committee members that his agency can onlytrace IP addresses at the local level but can’t detect any footage uploadedfrom private numbers or abroad.
He revealed that in the leaked video, Azam Swati’s head was attached tosomeone’s torso. He said there is an epidemic of fake videos on socialmedia and unfortunately, preventing misuse of technology is difficult as nosingle agency is capable of stopping fake videos.
Answering different queries from the senators, Mohsin Butt also disclosedthe fact that FIA does not have any technology to monitor WhatsApp.
During the meeting, the FIA Cybercrime Wing director also told thecommittee members that porn videos available on the internet were used tomake the (propaganda) videos.
