Karachi police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a man who is accused of organising a ‘couple swap’ event on social media.

The arrested person is a member of a gang allegedly involved in running a “dirty campaign” on social media, said Clifton Superintendent of Police (SP) Suhaee Aziz.

The event “Dirty Night (couple swapping)” was posted on Facebook during last month. It was scheduled to take place in Karachi’s Clifton area on November 3 while 44 persons marked themselves “going”, according to the Facebook event post. Moreover, 245 persons were marked as “interested”.

While talking to journalists, the officer said, “Boat Basin police have arrested a suspect, Arslan Qamar, who runs a ‘dirty night’ (couple swapping) campaign through social media.”

The police arrested him following a well-planned strategy and also recovered cash from his possession, he added.

During interrogation, the arrested suspect has reportedly disclosed that he has been running such “fake programmes” on social media and allegedly making huge sums of money.

The police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the suspect under Section 420/25-D of Telegraph Act, while efforts were underway to arrest his accomplices.

SP Aziz said the arrest was part of the police’s recently launched campaign titled “rescuing youth, saving future”.

Under this campaign, the police were trying to save the youths from drugs, sheesha smoking, misuse of social media, gambling, one-wheeling, and bike racing, she said.