Overview

• On July 8, police arrested Farhaz, a cash supervisor at Lulu Mall, following a complaint that he drugged, raped and blackmailed a 19-year-old colleague with a recorded video.
• Formal charges filed on July 9 include rape, threats to murder, forced religious conversion and extortion against the accused.
• Investigators say Farhaz spiked the victim’s drink with sedatives at a hotel, recorded the assault and used the footage to extract money, jewelry and coerced conversion to Islam.
• Authorities have begun a cyber forensic probe into the supervisor’s social media links to determine whether he is part of a wider forced conversion network.
• Lulu Mall’s management has remained publicly silent on the allegations, raising concerns over institutional accountability and employee safety.