Mosque caretaker held over blasphemy charges
KASUR: Kanganpur police on Sunday arrested the caretaker of a mosque over charges of alleged blasphemy in Kals area.
Villagers staged a protest demonstration outside the Kanganpur police station following the arrest. They besieged the building and demanded police hand over the suspect to them. A large number of villagers were still demonstrating outside the police station till filing of this report.
According to police, villagers had caught Hafiz Haroon Rasheed of Jamia Arabia in Kanganpur area of Kals when he was burning something outside the mosque. The villagers alleged that he was burning pages of the holy Quran. A villager informed police, who arrested Rasheed and took him to the police station.
Police told Dawn that Rasheed denied burning anything but some torn pages and straw outside the mosque. He also told police that being a Muslim he could not even think of doing what he was alleged to have done.Police said they were holding dialogue with local religious scholars on the issue.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1365627/mosque-caretaker-held-over-blasphemy-charges
KASUR: Kanganpur police on Sunday arrested the caretaker of a mosque over charges of alleged blasphemy in Kals area.
Villagers staged a protest demonstration outside the Kanganpur police station following the arrest. They besieged the building and demanded police hand over the suspect to them. A large number of villagers were still demonstrating outside the police station till filing of this report.
According to police, villagers had caught Hafiz Haroon Rasheed of Jamia Arabia in Kanganpur area of Kals when he was burning something outside the mosque. The villagers alleged that he was burning pages of the holy Quran. A villager informed police, who arrested Rasheed and took him to the police station.
Police told Dawn that Rasheed denied burning anything but some torn pages and straw outside the mosque. He also told police that being a Muslim he could not even think of doing what he was alleged to have done.Police said they were holding dialogue with local religious scholars on the issue.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1365627/mosque-caretaker-held-over-blasphemy-charges