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| Locals injure man over `desecration` |
| 2011-04-29 |
| The residents of Kotki area in Hangu district ... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them... shot and injured a person for alleged desecration of the holy Koran at a shrine on Wednesday. Police placed in durance vile the young man under section 195-B and put him in the lockup of Hangu city cop shoppe. However, The essential However... case against him was registered in Saddar cop shoppe because the incident occurred in its limits. Sources said that police received anonymous threatening calls, threatening them of dire consequences in case they didn`t arrest the alleged blasphemer. Similar telephone calls were also received by local journalists, who were warned to file story about the incident or face consequences. Sources said that the calls were made by bad boys. Sources said that 27-year-old Saiful Malook picked up few damaged pages of the holy Koran from a mosque and burned them at a shrine in Kotki area where he was spotted by some people. Locals beat him and opened firing on him, injuring his leg, they added. He was brought to Hangu city cop shoppe and locked after registration of case for interrogation. According to preliminary investigations the accused was a sensible man and just wanted to burn the damaged pages under the Islamic law to save them from desecration. However, The essential However... officials of local police, when contacted, were tightlipped about the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred |