[DAWN] LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Monday, remanded in jug four people accused of killing the Christian couple Shama and Shehzad, for alleged blasphemy, officials said.Shehzad Masih, a bonded labourer, and his pregnant wife Shama Bibi were beaten by a mob of 1,500 people then thrown on top of a lit brick furnace last week in a crazed reaction to rumours that they had thrown pages of the Holy Koran into the garbage.
The horrific incident took place on November 4 in the tiny hamlet of Chak 59 (village 59) near the town of Kot Radha Kishan, 60 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of Lahore.
It has sparked protests across the country by Christians and outrage among rights activists. Police have jugged
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more than 40 suspects.
"The police produced four suspects in anti-terrorism court and the judge remanded them into police custody for further interrogation till November 19," a prosecution official told AFP.
He said 39 more suspects were already in jail, out of a total of some 60 suspects named in the lynching of the Christian couple.
Some 900 students from Lahore's missionary schools staged a demonstration outside Lahore Press Club against the murders.
Protesters shouted "We want justice!" and "Stop killing minorities!" as they carried placards and banners, including one which read "Death penalty for the killers of Shehzad and Shama."