Communal tensions: Nankana tense after Sikh youth’s murder

[Roybot]

Lahore: The death of a Sikh youth, Dhavinder Singh, in an armed attack in Nankana Sahib has created tension between Muslim and Sikh communities in the district. According to an FIR filed by the victim’s brother, Dhavinder Singh was shot and critically injured by unidentified man on March 7.

Singh was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital Nankana Sahib, where doctors referred him to the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad due to his precarious condition.Later, he was shifted to Islamabad where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday, 30 days after the attack.

Incensed by the murder, hundreds of Sikhs gathered on Lahore Road in Mananwala. They blocked the road for about two hours and chanted slogans against the police for ‘their failure’ to arrest the killer.They also tried to march towards the Lahore Press Club but were stopped by the police. Senior police officials, including Sheikhupura’s regional police officer, reached the scene and assured the protesters that the killer would be arrested.

After the assurance, the protesters dispersed peacefully.“We respect the Sikhs and ensuring their security is our priority,” said Sheikhupura’s Regional Police Officer DIG Zulfiqar Cheema, while speaking to The Express Tribune.

He added that a suspect named by the victim’s relatives in the FIR, Chaudhry Zaman, has been taken into custody and a formal investigation has been launched. However, sources said that the police have not yet arrested Zaman.

Relatives of Zaman, meanwhile, took out a rally after Friday prayers from Jamia Mosque on Railway Road. The protesters, over 200 in number, shouted slogans against the Sikh community and the local police, claiming that the accusations against Zaman were baseless. In an attempt to avoid clashes or untoward incidents, a heavy police contingent has been deployed in the area.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8th, 2012.

Communal tensions: Nankana tense after Sikh youth

 

[chitti]

this is what happens to minorities in Pak

 

[jbond197]

May the departed soul RIP!!

Question is - will they arrest Muslim guy involved the death of this Sikh?? Even if he is arrested, he will be free soon only he has to blame Dhavinder Singh of blasphemy and he will turn from murderer to a hero..

 

[Pakistanisage]

RIP. Justice should prevail and guilty should be punished after the Judicial process runs its course.

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

this is what happens to minorities in Pak

Thanks for the enlightenment. Soon people like you'll be giving these 'extremely informed' statements in public lectures and taken at face value

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

May the departed soul RIP!!

Question is - will they arrest Muslim guy involved the death of this Sikh?? Even if he is arrested, he will be free soon only he has to blame Dhavinder Singh of blasphemy and he will turn from murderer to a hero..

Great idea for a novel you got going there! So, when is it coming out?

 

[JAT BALWAN]

Looks like religion is all about unrest & riots these days....

Some gunmen shoots a man & suddenly some one found hey they are muslim & the victim is not a Muslim, he`s a sikh... So let`s make it in that way....

why not we take it as a murder & ask law enforcement force of Pakistan to drag the culprits in front of court & make them rot in Jail for whole life...

Religion these days like a sh!t man...

 

[Developereo]

Is there any evidence that religion was a motivating factor and this was not an ordinary crime?

 

[Roybot]

Is there any evidence that religion was a motivating factor and this was not an ordinary crime?

When you start chanting slogans against Sikh Community it becomes a religious issue surely?

 

[Evil Flare]

or Raw agents may be responsible for this covert attack against Khalistani Separatist .

 

[Developereo]

When you start chanting slogans against Sikh Community it becomes a religious issue surely?

From the article, it appears the slogans happened after the Sikh community turned this into a religious issue. It could have been just an ordinary crime, for all we know.

Again, is there any evidence that the original crime was religiously motivated?

 

[Roybot]

From the article, it appears the slogans happened after the Sikh community turned this into a religious issue. It could have been just an ordinary crime, for all we know.

Again, is there any evidence that the original crime was religiously motivated?

It says the Sikhs protested against police inaction, how is that a religious issue?

 

[Developereo]

It says the Sikhs protested against police inaction, how is that a religious issue?

It says "hundreds of Sikhs gathered". Not hundreds of villagers, residents, whatever. The unifying characteristic was their religion, which means they viewed it as a religiously motivated crime, and I am asking if there is any evidence to support that view.

Lots of crimes happen all the time. Does it mean that every time a random victim happens to be a minority, it will become a hate crime?