A Pakistani choose on Monday (August 26, 2024) acquitted a person who was accused of spreading misinformation that helped spark widespread unrest in the UK earlier this month, officers stated.
The choice got here lower than every week after Farhan Asif, a 32-year-old internet developer, was arrested in a raid at his house in Lahore, the capital of the japanese province of Punjab, and charged with cyberterrorism.
Following a listening to on Monday (26 August 2024), the choose ordered Mr Asif to be launched and he walked free. He instructed the choose that he had deleted his social media submit simply six hours after realising it was inaccurate.
Federal investigators instructed the choose that they had no proof to show he was responsible of deliberately spreading misinformation, protection legal professional Rana Rizwan instructed reporters.
The Federal Investigation Company had accused Asif of spreading misinformation on YouTube and Fb concerning the British teenager suspected of a stabbing assault that killed three ladies and injured 10 others on July 29 at a dance class in northwest England.
