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| Mob attempts to lynch blasphemy suspect |
| 2012-06-18 |
[Dawn] A large number of people tried to storm into a cop shoppe in North Nazimabad to get hold of a man who was booked and placed in durance vileKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for allegedly desecrating the Koran on Sunday. The Taimuria police placed in durance vile Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! the man, Saleem, a resident of North Nazimabad's Block N, and started the paperwork but haven't done much else (FIR 308/2012) against him under Section 295-B (defiling, etc, of Holy Qura'an) of the Pakistain Penal Code on behalf of the state. The police said the man, whom they described as a drug addict, was placed in durance vile Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! on a complaint of people who had witnessed the alleged desecration in the apartment building where the suspect lived. Following his arrest, a large number of people gathered outside the Taimuria cop shoppe and demanded that the police to hand over the suspect to them so that they could lynch him. The mob tried to storm into the cop shoppe, but the law-enforcers had gun sex and hurled teargas shells to disperse the crowd. Rangers were also called in to avert any further breakdown of law and order. Finally, the crowd dispersed. |
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