A district courtroom in Lahore on Monday indicted YouTuber Saadur Rehman, broadly generally known as Ducky Bhai, his spouse Aroob Jatoi, and different co-accused in a case associated to the alleged promotion of playing and betting functions.
In accordance with courtroom proceedings held on the District Courts Lahore, Judicial Justice of the Peace Naeem Wattoo formally framed expenses through the listening to. Saadur-Rehman and the opposite accused appeared earlier than the courtroom and pleaded not responsible.
The Justice of the Peace has summoned prosecution witnesses for February 23.
The Nationwide Cyber Crime Investigation Company (NCCIA) had registered a case in opposition to Rehman and others on expenses of selling playing and betting functions.
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Ducky Bhai, considered one of Pakistan’s most-subscribed YouTubers and content material creators, with greater than 800 movies uploaded and greater than 10 million subscribers on YouTube, was arrested on August 17, 2025, after a case was registered in opposition to him by the state via the NCCIA.
He was detained by the NCCIA at Lahore Airport when he was making an attempt to flee the nation. His identify was positioned on the Provisional Nationwide Identification Checklist (PNIL).
Ducky Bhai was arrested after an FIR was lodged by NCCIA underneath the Prevention of Digital Crimes Act, 2016, and related sections of the Pakistan Penal Code.
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The case was registered on August 17 underneath sections 13 (Digital Forgery), 14 (Digital Fraud), 25 (Spamming) and 26 (Spoofing) of PECA, together with sections 294-B (Providing prize in reference to commerce) and 420 (Dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property) of the PPC.
In accordance with the FIR, the YouTuber is accused of selling playing and betting functions that defrauded customers and picked up hundreds of thousands of rupees. This isn’t the primary controversy surrounding the YouTuber, who’s amongst Pakistan’s most adopted on-line personalities.
