‘Blasphemer’ burnt alive by mob as police looked on

[Bond]

BAHAWALPUR: In a harrowing incident of mob justice, hundreds of people accused a ‘deranged’ man of sacrilege, mercilessly beat him and burnt him alive in southern Punjab, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place in Chanighot area of Bahawalpur on Tuesday evening. Residents saw a man allegedly throwing pages from the Holy Quran onto the street. Local police took him into custody and put him in the lockup.

The news spread like a forest fire in the neighbourhood – and soon a frenzied mob gathered outside the Chanighot police station baying for blood.

Police couldn’t stand up to the furious and violent crowd who got hold of the alleged blasphemer, described by one police official as deranged, and brutally tortured him.

Some officers fired tear gas canisters to disperse the mob – but the emotionally charged people refused to hand over the alleged blasphemer and instead turned against the police officers, according to Ghulam Mohiuddin Gujjar, the station house officer (SHO) of Chanighot police station.
Nine police officers, including SHO Gujjar and DSP Rana Naveed Mumtaz, were injured while trying – though unsuccessfully – to rescue the man.

The mob burnt down several police vehicles, including DSP Mumtaz’s four-wheeler, before getting hold of the man, who has not been identified.

Once the unidentified man was in the mob’s custody, he was dragged to the Chanighot Chakar (roundabout), where he had allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran, doused him in petrol and set him on fire.
SHO Gujjar said they have registered two FIRs against 1,500-2,000 people.

DPO Bahawalpur Ahmad Ishaque Jehangir told The Express Tribune that police reinforcement has been sent to the area to bring the situation under control. He added that they were investigating the incident.

Jehangir said that an additional police force had been deployed in Chanighot police station to avoid any untoward incident. The man’s body was shifted to a local hospital for autopsy.

Bahawalpur mob justice:


Islam DOES NOT teach this ,the uneducated barbaric MULLAHS are responsible for brain washing the uneducated !

 

[punit]

BAHAWALPUR: In a harrowing incident of mob justice, hundreds of people accused a ‘deranged’ man of sacrilege, mercilessly beat him and burnt him alive in southern Punjab, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place in Chanighot area of Bahawalpur on Tuesday evening. Residents saw a man allegedly throwing pages from the Holy Quran onto the street. Local police took him into custody and put him in the lockup.

The news spread like a forest fire in the neighbourhood – and soon a frenzied mob gathered outside the Chanighot police station baying for blood.

Police couldn’t stand up to the furious and violent crowd who got hold of the alleged blasphemer, described by one police official as deranged, and brutally tortured him.

Some officers fired tear gas canisters to disperse the mob – but the emotionally charged people refused to hand over the alleged blasphemer and instead turned against the police officers, according to Ghulam Mohiuddin Gujjar, the station house officer (SHO) of Chanighot police station.
Nine police officers, including SHO Gujjar and DSP Rana Naveed Mumtaz, were injured while trying – though unsuccessfully – to rescue the man.

The mob burnt down several police vehicles, including DSP Mumtaz’s four-wheeler, before getting hold of the man, who has not been identified.

Once the unidentified man was in the mob’s custody, he was dragged to the Chanighot Chakar (roundabout), where he had allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran, doused him in petrol and set him on fire.
SHO Gujjar said they have registered two FIRs against 1,500-2,000 people.

DPO Bahawalpur Ahmad Ishaque Jehangir told The Express Tribune that police reinforcement has been sent to the area to bring the situation under control. He added that they were investigating the incident.

Jehangir said that an additional police force had been deployed in Chanighot police station to avoid any untoward incident. The man’s body was shifted to a local hospital for autopsy.

Bahawalpur mob justice:


Islam DOES NOT teach this ,the uneducated barbaric MULLAHS are responsible for brain washing the uneducated !

dont worry people here will find a way somehow to justify the act...

 

[Fazlu]

Quite similiar to the incident in orissa where a Christian pastor (Dr. Graham-- I think) and his two children were burnt alive by a Hindu mob.

Religious Intolerance is one among the biggest eyesores in our collective history.

 

[third eye]

http://www.defence.pk/forums/curren...7-pakistan-mob-burns-man-death-blasphemy.html

 

[Jango]

What a f@ucking shame.

BTW, how could you right 'police looked on' , when they fired tear gas and 9 policemen also got injured.

 

[no_koadsheding_plz]

extremely sad.. those who burnt the man... i hardly thinkk have wuzu and prayed mornining prayer..and hardly they are paying their electricity bills.. i have been in this place and these people steel electricity even for mosques .. how muslims are they ?whearas in islam the hand of the thief are to be cut..

 

[Mav3rick]

dont worry people here will find a way somehow to justify the act...

I may be able to justify a few things to you but be advised that no Muslim supports this act, these are illiterates who have no idea about Islam.....just like some Hindus in India who burned Muslims alive etc.

What a f@ucking shame.

BTW, how could you right 'police looked on' , when they fired tear gas and 9 policemen also got injured.

They also beat up policemen who tried to protect the man and set fire to one of the policeman's house. What we need is forced education for these illiterates who need to learn what Islam really is.

 

[Stumper]

extremely sad.. those who burnt the man... i hardly thinkk have wuzu and prayed mornining prayer..and hardly they are paying their electricity bills.. i have been in this place and these people steel electricity even for mosques .. how muslims are they ?whearas in islam the hand of the thief are to be cut..

Thank you.

But i disagree on one part. I think its not about religion. Hate, intolerance, prejudice .. anything .. but religion. We saw similar hate crimes against Christians in some of my states. And we realized this are petty criminals garbed as guardian of our religion.

And the only way this can be stopped, is when citizens like you stand up, not fearing the threats.

Keep up your good work. Keeping fighting for your country's sake.

 

[ice_man]

what the F*ck is going on in our country!!!!!!! who are these insane lunatics!!!! and they don't even understand the quran or pray 5 times and yet they are the first to carry the banner of killings!!!

 

[hankau62]

The guy was mentally challenged and the local must have known. I don't know what this guy did to pissed off the local. I guess that koran burning is used as a shield to hide the real crime.

 

[regular]

I may be able to justify a few things to you but be advised that no Muslim supports this act, these are illiterates who have no idea about Islam.....just like some Hindus in India who burned Muslims alive etc.
They also beat up policemen who tried to protect the man and set fire to one of the policeman's house. What we need is forced education for these illiterates who need to learn what Islam really is.

Is quite possible RAW might be behind this game to disturb the peace of the country and to defame it in the international community.....

 

[rashid.sarwar]

1st we have to see why he was committing such an act, who pushed him, may be he was a handicap person,

Secondly if was doing that on purpose then he should be punished but it is job of state to punish, not the mob.

However due to severe lawlessness leads to condition said above