Overview
- Rizwan appeared before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency on Friday for a forensic analysis of the mobile phone taken from him, and the device remains in NCCIA custody.
- He has formally asked the agency in writing to say whether the probe concerns online betting and gambling or specific provisions of the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act, and he has requested custody records and the phone’s prompt return after forensics.
- The NCCIA issued a formal notice under Section 160 and told Rizwan that failing to appear would be treated as having "nothing to present or state in his defence," and a four-member team conducted the session.
- Rizwan says he gave his phone password in England and that parts of the device were earlier examined in his presence; he has sought guidance from the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit and pursued legal steps to secure written details of the inquiry.
- The probe follows Pakistan’s troubled England Test tour and could produce both reputational damage for players and internal PCB discipline depending on the forensic findings and any coordination with cricket anti-corruption bodies.