RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wingarrested a medical student alleged of harassing and obtaining money fromgirls he befriended on Facebook.

FIA Deputy Director Syed Shahid Hassan on Thursday told media that a secondyear medical student of Nowshera Medical College was arrested in responseto a complaint made by a girl.

Shahid said that the girl complained against the boy accusing him ofharassment and blackmailing via Facebook.

FIA Deputy further said that the suspect had made various fake accounts onFacebook to harass and blackmail girls online.

He said that many people befriend girls on Facebook and then ask for theirpictures. Later, he added, the girls are blackmailed.

Syed Shahid further highlighted such cases by providing related examplesthat many times girls have taken their lives due to unbearable situationsin which they find themselves helpless and become frightened of theirfamilies.