LAHORE:
Widespread YouTuber Saadur Rehman, higher generally known as Ducky Bhai, landed in deep trouble after he was detained by the Nationwide Cyber Crime Investigation Company (NCCIA) at Lahore Airport on Sunday.
In line with Specific Information, Ducky Bhai was trying to depart the nation regardless of his title being positioned on the Provisional Nationwide Identification Record (PNIL). It stated his detention was carried out when immigration authorities flagged his title throughout departure checks.
The NCCIA had already been investigating the influencer on a number of fees, together with the promotion of on-line playing apps. His arrest adopted allegations that he was making an attempt to evade these instances by travelling overseas.
Later, Ducky Bhai was offered earlier than a neighborhood courtroom in Lahore in a case associated to playing app promotion and fraud. The courtroom permitted a two-day bodily remand on NCCIA’s request and directed that he be produced once more on 19 August.
The obligation judicial Justice of the Peace additionally requested the company to submit a whole investigation report on the subsequent listening to. Authorized information present {that a} case, registered below FIR No 196/2025. The FIR accuses Rehman of selling playing by way of his movies.
Represented in courtroom by his lawyer Zain Ali Qureshi, Ducky Bhai has not but made any public assertion concerning the allegations. NCCIA has stated investigations are ongoing and “additional revelations” are anticipated within the coming days.
This isn’t the primary controversy surrounding the YouTuber, who’s amongst Pakistan’s most adopted on-line personalities. Earlier this yr, he confronted authorized hassle when the Lahore Excessive Court docket granted him protecting bail in a reckless driving case.
The incident stemmed from a viral video wherein he was seen allegedly driving on a motorway at excessive pace, reclining together with his ft on the steering wheel, and showing to sleep whereas the automotive moved in autopilot mode.
The stunt triggered widespread criticism on social media, with many calling it “irresponsible and life-threatening.” The Nationwide Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) registered a case below related legal guidelines and later launched an consciousness video warning residents towards imitating such behaviour.
