Blasphemy accused killed after release
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TAXILA: A blasphemy accused freed a few days ago was shot dead here on Wednesday.
Police said it appeared to be a case of target killing.
The man, identified as 52-year-old Aabid Mehmood alias Aabid Kazzab, owned a hotel and lived in Kamra village. He reportedly had claimed ‘prophethood’ in October 2011 and a case was registered against him under Section 295-C of CrPC on a complaint lodged by his son-in-law Sadaqat Ali.
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Aabid was sent to jail after his mental condition had been examined by a board of doctors at the Rawalpindi District Headquarters Hospital. He was released from Adiyala jail after about two years because of his mental and physical condition.
On Tuesday, some masked men took him from his house in Ahatta area and his bullet-riddled body was found on Wednesday in deserted area near Usman Khattar Railway Station. He had been shot in the chest and head from a close range.
Police shifted the body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taxila for autopsy.
Investigation officer Ayub told journalists that since Aabid had been jailed in a blasphemy case, police were investigating the murder from different angles, including target killing and personal dispute. He said that on a complaint of Ghulam Ibrar, a brother of the deceased, the scope of investigation had been widened.
When Aabid’s body was brought to the village, a group of enraged people gathered there and did not allow members of his family and other relatives to bury it in the local graveyard. He was later buried in the courtyard of his house.
Published in Dawn January 8th , 2014
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Jan 08, 2015 07:36am
Seems son-in-law was after his money. police should look not just for blasphemy angle but other angles too, who will benefit?
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Jan 08, 2015 07:38am
It's an inhuman and cruel act. Killing in the name of faith and religion are worst than the beast.
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Jan 08, 2015 07:43am
No body will say anything against this incident because the same might happen to them.
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Jan 08, 2015 07:45am
Shame on the people who denied a proper burial to a fellow human being. It was obvious the guy had mental issues and should have been treated as such.
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Jan 08, 2015 07:49am
I feel that news from Pakistan just makes me numb now....
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Jan 08, 2015 07:49am
very sad indeed! The guy had mental issues and was not in his rationale state of mind. Furthermore, he was acquitted by the court after serving 2x years in Jail. The deplorable situation of safety and security in our country Pakistan is alarming and the extremism of the mindset will take all of us back to stone age and perpetual chaos.....
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Jan 08, 2015 08:04am
The last paragraph in this article is what makes me most ashamed. Not just Muslims but all civilized humans need to be ashamed that a village full of people cannot find it in their heart to let a mentally ill victim of a brutal murder be buried. No matter what his sins, why deny him that? Who among the villagers was totally free of sin?
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Jan 08, 2015 08:45am
By not allowing the deceased to be buries in the local graveyard by the locals showed that ignorance and stupidity has no limit. When are these people start to act and think like civilized beings?
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Jan 08, 2015 08:50am
This is sad at so many levels.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:54am
Prime suspect is the Son in law. Arrest him immediately
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Jan 08, 2015 08:54am
Oh what a tragedy what a disgrace what a shame. Some people are ready to murder anybody who opens his or her mouth. O.K. the guy claimed prophethood, so what? How did that affect anybody's belief or life. He should have been left alone. He was entitled to life and living. The poor guy, the poor soul.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:58am
What a fanatic society we live in. Too much religion is taught everywhere.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:00am
In ways ,this isn't any better that what happened in France
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Jan 08, 2015 09:08am
For God sake educate this nation . Last 60 years sadly we can't produce a leader who can take the nation out of this mindset .
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Jan 08, 2015 09:13am
Shame on religious bigots!!!! Get out of my country or stop killing people on your own.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:24am
Sounds like a case of mental illness. If this man was living anywhere else in the world, the government would be providing healthcare. But here in Pakistan, he gets accused by his own son-in-law.
His son-in-law should be under police investigation. It is possible this elaborate scheme was meant to inherit the hotel the old man owned.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:25am
It would be great if people show the same zero tolerance to corruption, smuggling, rape, adultery, theft, exploitation of people... etc
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Jan 08, 2015 09:26am
Cold blooded murder of an ill man.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:40am
How inhuman can we get? Not allowed to bury him?? Who are they to decide his fate!
We are too optimistic about our sins being forgiven by Almighty & too strict when it comes to punishing others. What a sick society we have!
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Jan 08, 2015 09:58am
Pakistan shall abolish Blasphemy clauses in Penal Code and declare Pakistan a secular country. All those involved in this heinous crime shall be brought to justice. Villagers who interfered in burial of the victim shall be caged for their unruly conduct and bringing fear and anguish to the family of the departed soul.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:59am
Someone has to grill his son-in-law.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:01am
And then they say the country is united in fight against terrorism. The mindset has gone so deep that simple military courts cannot fight terrorism. It would need comprehensive steps of managing the madrassas, cutting off their funding, controlling the mullahs in the mosques who through their sermon are taking people backwards, rein in on so called good terrorists like Hafeez Sayeed who may be good now but when he gets a chance he will bring on his taliban style functioning, bring a change in curriculum of education. But there is no one inside Pakistan who can dare take such steps.
If it goes on this path it can never get any progress. Their will always be a security issue as such people would keep taking guns. Today being 1/6th in Population against India (20 Crore vs 125 Crore, which in 1947 was 1/10th- 3 Cr vs 30 Cr) the economy is 1/8th of India. By 2025 it will be 1/10th and 2035 1/13th by projections of all major financial institutions. % of spending is over 3% and to match it will have to go over 6% and 10% maybe by 2035
There is a need to ponder over these issues to bring a realization in the society where they are headed. Even though now it is slightly late but even if things change for good there is some hope. 5 years down the line it would be no coming back. But in the end I don't see any hope and am full of pessimism for the country
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Jan 08, 2015 10:19am
Sick society is what we have become, we are the intolerant followers of a tolerant faith. Time to press responsibilities on the religious leaders to indoctrinate love, faith and tolerance and right religious education to masses.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:24am
It seems Pakistanis havent learnt anything ,even after so many things happened in the recent past...only leaving your comments here in the dawn will not solve anything..Tolerant Pakistanis should come out in the streets and show there strength to the bad elements...and let the fellow citizens also know that there are lot of good people in your country..otherwise ,God save pakistan
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Jan 08, 2015 10:44am
Poor and weak would keep suffering by the religious thugs and beasts wandering on Pakistani streets. Shame on those who killed this psychologically sick person and shame on those who did not allow him to bury. It seems entire nation is transformed in to voracious beasts.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:46am
Special courts are needed for such kind of cases where people are not able to pursue their cases. If the murderers are not punished, more such cases will happen. In Islamic fiqh, an insane person is absolved of his duties to the Almighty. If Almighty is absolving him, why are people punishing him?
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Jan 08, 2015 10:51am
this killing seems nothing to do with blaspheme some one from family tried to take advantage of this situation or some one settled some personal matter
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Jan 08, 2015 10:59am
What a shame. our system has gone so corrupt, people have started taking the law in their hands deciding whats they think should have been the judial decsion. This means "anarchy" Incidents like these if brushed under the carpet in the name of religion will have far reaching effects.
The perperators need to be found and given punishment. The question is who will do this? will police under Choudary Nisar do it? Well I dont think so as Mr Nisar has all the other things to worry except for the job he has been entrusted with.
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Jan 08, 2015 11:00am
Blasphemy law must be repealed. It has become an instrument for settling personal scores and vandettas.
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Jan 08, 2015 11:20am
What a bizarre situation. You need to get this outlawed. We should jail people who accuse others of blasphemy
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Jan 08, 2015 11:23am
The same Taxila which once housed the first University and the most brilliant scholars like Panini, Chanakya among others. See the mess they made there.
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Jan 08, 2015 11:35am
So what if he claimed prophethood? Let him claim it then.
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Jan 08, 2015 11:43am
In such a situation people settle scores for all kinds of reasons and blame on Taliban or religious zeolest. What a pity.
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Jan 08, 2015 11:43am
More of the same. No amount of anti terrorism laws will work until our mentality changes.
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Jan 08, 2015 11:46am
Why intolerance is growing day by day in Pakistan?
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Jan 08, 2015 11:47am
@No Mercy: I agree in wishing that people would display zero tolerance towards corruption but I hope they show that zero tolerance in ways other than shooting the accused. The legal route should be sought, which can be done only if it is EASY, SPEEDY AND JUST. Right now our legal route is none of those things.
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Jan 08, 2015 12:00pm
It is time to throw Zia Ul Hagea's legacy in the garbage bin.
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Jan 08, 2015 12:45pm
In human act. where is government of Punjab what is it associates of business. Who is responsible of the destruction of life of Aabid Mehmood the killers or government of Punjab and its law enforcement
agencies.
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Jan 08, 2015 12:46pm
Son in law filed complaint against him to usurp his property.
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Jan 08, 2015 12:57pm
another news that pakistan in moving backwards
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Jan 08, 2015 01:24pm
@Rajab Ali But only that's what is happening on earth these days
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Jan 08, 2015 01:49pm
Another sad story..RIP
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Jan 08, 2015 02:12pm
The core problem is not associated with the Blasphemy act but with the people. Pakistan must change their Education system, religoius outlook, dictetorial system.
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Jan 08, 2015 02:55pm
No Justice no peace... we will suffer as a nation.. we are cruel nation
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Jan 08, 2015 02:55pm
Shameful act again in Notorious Punjab area in the name of Islam. Where is the writ of Govt?
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Jan 08, 2015 02:56pm
Pakistan.... where order without law...
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Jan 08, 2015 02:57pm
@Fawad what about group of people who did not allow to bury him?
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Jan 08, 2015 03:12pm
Reading about events in Pakistan every day make me feel like I have been transported back to a hideously unimaginable time and place where soulless ghouls with beards, hollow eyes and twisted hearts and minds have cowered the majority into submission -- save for some keyboard warriors -- through their ruthless and frightening harnessing of extreme intolerance and unspeakable violence. There is a lot of talk by politicians, pundits and the well-meaning (while poor army jawans and officers are fighting in the western badlands) and while the font of this evil has been identified for a long time, nobody will attack it at its source. Continue to tip toe around the bleeding obvious and you will not have a country left worth saving.
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Jan 08, 2015 03:43pm
Till what time, will there be killing on the name of religion. What blasphemy mean? Does it mean not agreeing with your religion and as a result you would kill that person.
Be civilize
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Jan 08, 2015 04:02pm
The report says, "...When Aabid’s body was brought to the village, a group of enraged people gathered there and did not allow members of his family and other relatives to bury it in the local graveyard...". Even after his death?
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Jan 08, 2015 04:15pm
....and the State remains silent on the blasphemy law......displaying its ineptness.
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Jan 08, 2015 05:08pm
@Prof Abdul Malik Sir it shows how intolerant the society of Pakistan is, we can only pray for the departed soul.
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Jan 08, 2015 05:38pm
In India, PK movie made fun of some practices in all religions. More so in Hindu religion. But nobody was arrested for any blasphemy. Nobody was killed. In fact the movie is one of the biggest hits. Most Hindus enjoyed the movie. This is the level of tolerance the country has and this is the basic difference between two countries.
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Jan 08, 2015 05:38pm
This killing is not allowed by my Islam.
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Jan 08, 2015 05:57pm
Who is mentally unstable ?? Killer or victim ??
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Jan 08, 2015 06:34pm
Very sad; this is no justice; murderers are murders and will meet justice here or on the day of judgement. Islam doesn't support such terrorism.
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Jan 08, 2015 06:48pm
@MMM This is the world envisioned by Abul Kalam Azzad. His few theories proved right and looking into current scenario, rest of them may end up matching forecast.
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Jan 09, 2015 06:05am
These cruel incidents will continue to happen if the extremists mullahs remain free spreading hatred and violence in the name religion.
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Jan 09, 2015 09:39am
@S. Haider Really?
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Jan 09, 2015 10:30am
Mentally ill person treated so savagely.
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Jan 10, 2015 06:57am
@azad ..... PK did not made any offense to "Hindu" religion. It clearly made fun of the people who gets strayed by self styled God men. And such self styled God Men exist in every religion. Pakistan is full of them.
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Jan 10, 2015 10:09pm
@arjun Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʀɔɪ̯də] ( )) is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[1] This word is taken from German and literally means 'harm-joy.' It is the feeling of joy or pleasure when one sees another fail or suffer misfortune. It is also borrowed by some other languages.
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Jan 11, 2015 03:59am
@Shahid
follow faith and fear
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Jan 11, 2015 04:00am
@AXH
not til;l they renounce...
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Jan 11, 2015 04:49am
Sad..he was mentaly unstable.
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