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GUJRAT: Police on Friday arrested a Christian man hailing from Kharian tehsil after registering a case against him on a blasphemy charge.
They moved the suspect to another place instead of keeping him in the lock-up after rumours started to circulate that religious groups intended to attack the police station.
Nadeem Ahmed, owner of an electric shop in Dinga town, lodged a complaint with police that his friend Ishtiaq Ahmed Jalali had told him on Thursday that a sweeper working at a private hospital had allegedly uttered provocative remarks about the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
Nadeem claimed that when he spoke to the sweeper to verify the allegation, the latter repeated the remarks. Gujrat SP Maaz Zafar rushed to Dinga after police received the complaint. He told Dawn that the situation was under control and police contingents were patrolling the town.
The case against the suspect has been registered under Section 295-C (Use of derogatory remarks, etc, in respect of the Holy Prophet) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2017
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Pity..rumors make people to get arrested.
Oh Stop it!
Arrest the accuser for false allegations.
Arrest all of them. accuser with complainants. let them keep inside jail till court decision.
Another innocent man.
Let us practise forgiveness!
How can someone just register complain and arrest a minority person based on someone's hearsay? Shouldn't there be any kind of proof? People can use such law to take jealousy or personnel enmity to some other level.
another case of abuse of a bad law in an extremist society.
It's really sad, a person got arrested without any proof of his alleged crime. Mashal was killed on the same grounds, here in India it's no different , people get killed on suspicion of eating beef interestingly killers have no objection to some one eating lamb meat, buffalo meat,chicken meat, they themselves consume it, but all hell breaks loose when some one even mentions beef.. People in the subcontinent value religion higher than humanity itself.. No doubt subcontinent stands at the bottom in any human develpment index ......its hopeless..
accusers should also be investigated properly and justice must be done to the culprit whether he is complainant or the arrested christian. A fine example of truth and justice must be set.
I strongly believe that there should be a law against persons who falsely accuse others of blasphemy. This whole businesses is so dangerous and unhealthy
These fake allegations need to stop. People are so cruel.