Sadaqat Hussain, a resident of Sargodha has been arrested for allegedly creating fake Twitter accounts of retired army officers.
According to The News, social accounts were made to ‘create differences among the army officers on a political basis’.
In a video confession, Hussain admitted his crime and said that he has been running his Twitter account for almost seven years.
According to Hussain, PTI’s Sardar Shahzad Ahmed Khan Maken approached him, after which Hussain was hired by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social media team in Tehsil Shahpur.
Hussain further revealed that the PTI Canada chapter’s information secretary Talat Kashif trained him about social media trends.
He admitted that he created fake accounts with the names of Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Asghar, Maj Gen Faisal Mushtaq, and others.
Recently, fake voice clips of General (retd) Haroon Aslam and General (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg were spread on social media.