HYDERABAD, April 22: The Sindh chapter of the All Pakistan Minority Alliance (APMA) has deplored the registration of a false blasphemy case against Sattar Masih, a former minority councillor, by Kotri police and appealed to the Sindh government, ulema, human rights organisations and political parties to strive to promote peace and harmony.

Speaking at a news conference at the press club on Sunday, secretary general, APMA, Sindh, Michael Javed, and others said the marriage of Sattar Masih, of Sikandarabad, Kotri, was to be solemnised on April 14. He had been warned by some people that the marriage would never be held, they said.

They said a blasphemy case was registered against him on April 12 and he surrendered before Kotri police the following day. The police arrested him. They said it was beyond imagination that a person would write blasphemous words and fix his own photograph on that material as it was tantamount to inviting death. This was what the FIR against Sattar Masih read, they said.

They said that the minorities held the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in high esteem and no one could even think of uttering or writing derogatory remarks against him.

They appealed for a thorough and impartial investigation in the case to unearth the real truth and motive behind the case.