NAROWAL: Narowal police arrested an Ahmadi man and registered a case against three other members of his community on the charge of burning pages of the Holy Quran.

A local leader of the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Pakistan at village Dharg Miana of Narowal district told police he was present at a mosque in the village square on Monday night when he heard a noise. When he came out, he saw four men allegedly burning some papers on a garbage heap.

He claimed that he and other locals turned on the lights of the mobile phones and saw the pages of the Holy Quran had been set on fire. He said the four men who burned the pages had fled from the spot. He said information was immediately given to police emergency 15.

On receiving the information, a heavy police contingent reached the spot and recorded the evidence as well as statements of the eyewitnesses.

On the request of a member of the religious outfit, police registered a case against four members of the Ahmadiyya community, identified by him.

Narowal District Police Officer Naveed Malik said the police had registered an FIR against the identified persons and arrested one of them.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2024