
TikToker Kashif Zameer has been arrested by Punjab police for deceiving Turkish actor Engin Altan Duzyatan, who played the lead role in historical Turkish series Dirilis: Ertugrul.
A case was registered against Zameer in Race Course Police Station on the complaint of Engin. Kashif Zameer had earlier been arrested for defrauding Engin by inviting him to visit Pakistan besides posting him bogus cheques worth Rs90 million for appointing him as the brand ambassador of his fake company.
Turkish Embassy in Pakistan had sent a complaint letter to the Punjab Home Department after which a case was registered against Zameer on the directives of Inspector General Police.
According to the FIR, Kashif Zameer invited Engin Altan to visit Pakistan for the shooting of Chaudhry Group brand. The accused failed to pay the actor and cancelled the agreement when Engin's team demanded the money.
Geo News reported that the suspect identified himself as a government official when police conducted a raid to arrest him. The report said the police recovered a vehicle with blue emergency light and weapons from the possession of the suspect and registered another case against him in Nishtar Colony Police Station.
The police officer told the media that Zameer has a criminal background while six cases were also registered for defrauding people in Lahore and Sialkot.