NareshK Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) Quote Violence erupted in Lasbela district's Hub area after police refused to hand over a Hindu man suspected of blasphemy to an angry mob, DawnNewsreported, with locals resorting to pelting stones at police when their demands were not met. Prakash Kumar, a local business owner, was suspected of sharing a picture containing allegedly blasphemous content on WhatsApp, Hub police officials said. A First Information Report was registered against Kumar on the complaint of various community members under Sections 295-A and 295-C of Pakistan's blasphemy law. The suspect was shifted to Gaddani Central Jail. Read more: Misuse of blasphemy law will not be allowed: minister An hours-long protest outside the Hub city police station turned violent, with protesters pelting stones at police, after law enforcement officials refused the protesters' demand that police hand over the Hindu man to the community so they could administer justice themselves and 'punish' Kumar. Hub City police dispersed the crowd of enraged protesters through tear gas shelling and aerial firing, and took 20 protesters into custody. Search operations were underway to arrest those suspected of inciting the mob to violence, police said. Hub Circle Deputy Sub-Inspector Police Jan Mohammad Khosa as well as Police Constable Mukhtiar Ahmed, and Additional Deputy Commissioner Tariq Javed Mengal were injured in the violence, along with an Edhi rescue official and a child. The child later succumbed to his injuries, as he had received bullet wounds which turned fatal. The deceased boy is yet to be identified. Shops owned by members of the Hindu community were shut down and all roads connecting Sindh to Balochistan via Hub were closed for operations until further notice. Blasphemy is considered a highly sensitive religious issue in the country and it is not the first time when accusations of blasphemy ensued into acts of violence. A few weeks ago a vigilante mob lynched 23-year-old Mardan university student Mashal Khan over allegations of blasphemy. He was shot and tortured to death even in the presence of police whereas police high ups said that the LEA personnel present at the scene were unable to control the massive mob. A few months ago, several bloggers were also accused of blasphemy. Some of them were allegedly kidnapped and later released. After a hue and cry on media, the Islamabad High Court took notice of the issue and ordered concerned authorities to purge social media and the internet of blasphemous content. Following the Mashal murder case, lawmakers and religious scholars alike repeatedly stressed that mobs cannot be allowed to take the law into their own hands. They also asserted that even if someone was accused of blasphemy, police should be allowed to follow due process and the case should be decided only in a court of law. https://www.dawn.com/news/1331035/violence-erupts-in-hub-as-police-refuse-to-hand-hindu-man-suspected-of-blasphemy-over-to-enraged-mob Edited May 4, 2017 by NareshK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 No shortage of ignorant mobs in desi-land. On either side of the border. Difference is that murderers in the name of religion are not publicly lionized in the media and society on 'our' side. Thank god for that. gattaca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohit S. Ambani Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Kudos to Pakistan Police, Indian policemen are mere bystanders with stick in land. India should help this family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Kudos to Pak police who saved him from certain torture/death. But he may not be so lucky in the future, needs to get out of Pak ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narenpande1 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 This was reported.. tip of the iceberg. There are 10 times more that are not reported. The hindu minority in Pakistan has shrunk unbelievably from what it was after partition and what it is now. Most of the steep fall came after Zia ul haq NareshK and Gollum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NareshK Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, Gollum said: Kudos to Pak police who saved him from certain torture/death. But he may not be so lucky in the future, needs to get out of Pak ASAP. They'll probably hang him to death or lock him up for the rest of his life for blasphemy. They even have a law for such things over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, NareshK said: They'll probably hang him to death or lock him up for the rest of his life for blasphemy. They even have a law for such things over there. Yup very sad. Now that I reread the article he has been arrested, game over for him. Even if he didn't do anything Pak courts will allow the case to drag on till he dies a natural death, or may be some inmate will kill him before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohit S. Ambani Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, NareshK said: They'll probably hang him to death or lock him up for the rest of his life for blasphemy. They even have a law for such things over there. You are being dishonest. Duty of Police is to protect people and their properties. Law will take it own course, Police do not pass laws or hang people. In India, Police becomes accomplice in riots, stark difference. As a fellow human being, I am thankful to Pakistan Police for saving life of this man, they got severely injured. DGP is in Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NareshK Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Rohit S. Ambani said: You are being dishonest. Duty of Police is to protect people and their properties. Law will take it own course, Police do not pass laws or hang people. In India, Police becomes accomplice in riots, stark difference. As a fellow human being, I am thankful to Pakistan Police for saving life of this man, they got severely injured. DGP is in Hospital. The punishment for him even by law will not be very different from what the mob wants anyhow. A minority's life cant be saved for too long in Pakistan. Only chance to survive is if they convert to Islam which millions have done without a choice unfortunately. Edited May 4, 2017 by NareshK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texy Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 This guy is not safe in jail either. Once the tag of "blasphemy" goes on your head...you'll forever be hunted down in Pakistani land. Remember Qadri the bodyguard who killed Salman Taseer the politician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 lol at Pak policemen doing their job, already deaths have occurred, certain members of community bullied into shutting their shops, a child dead, all roads closed...looks a siege will laid on the Hindus in this town.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gattaca Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 10 hours ago, sandeep said: No shortage of ignorant mobs in desi-land. On either side of the border. Difference is that murderers in the name of religion are not publicly lionized in the media and society on 'our' side. Thank god for that. This. Even India we had too many riots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 How many Hindus are even remaining in Balochistan? These Pakistanis can't even let the small sprinkling of minorities live in peace. Such disgusting scumbags! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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