Court orders FIA to file case against Meera over ‘video clip’

Published April 16, 2014
Film actress Meera. — File photo
Film actress Meera. — File photo

LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file a case against film actor Meera and Capt Naveed over uploading on social media a ‘controversial video clip’, DawnNews reported.

During the hearing, police said that the right to register a case against Meera and Naveed was within the jurisdiction of the FIA.

Upon which the court ordered the FIA to register a case and present a report to it on the issue.

A petition was submitted in which it was claimed that the controversial video of the couple which was leaked out and posted on the internet had brought disrepute to the nation.

The court after issuing of various summons to the couple and their repeated absence, had asked police in the last hearing to file a case against them and then inform it.

Meera had denied the video’s authenticity and called it as an attempt to undermine her position and credibility.

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