Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
A violent mob brutally lynched and ablaze a man on false allegations of desecration of Holy Quran, even dragged victim’s burning naked body through the Swat streets.
The incident happened inside the Madyan police station of Swat on Thursday evening, when the violated mob set ablaze the suspect’s body, the police station and a police vehicle.
The deceased man was identified as Mohammad Suleman, a Sunni Muslim and a resident of Sialkot who went to Madyan for tourism, a popular tourist spot in Swat, Pakistan.
According to the reports, some local individuals announced in the market that a man had desecrated the Holy Quran that provoked the religious extremists. Soon, the announcements were made from the speakers of mosque in Madyan that led the people to gather and move towards the police station in anger.
The eye witnesses of the incident said, the violent mob first demanded the police to hand over a man so they can punish him by their own way. When the police resisted against the demand, the mob forcibly entered into the police station, poured the fuel and torched the man, police station and the police vehicles as well.
Other Eight people were injured in the unrest, as per Dr. Zahidullah Khan, the District Police Officer (DPO) of Swat.
He told, “the police first secured the suspect of the alleged desecration incident to the police station but a charged mob “attacked the police station and took the suspect away”.
As per recent details, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) has handed over 21 suspects of the Madyan incident to the police and ordered 10-days physical remand of them.
The police teams are investigating and conducting raids for more arrests in the Madyan incident.
Since last month, this is the second incident took place on suspicious Blasphemy without any investigation and proof.
Such acts of false Blasphemy allegations against non-Muslim minorities are increasing day by day in Pakistan that must be controlled strictly by the government.
At least 2,120 persons are reported to have been accused of committing blasphemy between 1987 and 2022 and it’s getting trend now.
Blasphemy remains one of the most sensitive subjects in Pakistan, where even insinuations of accusations can lead to widespread violence by the ignorant people.
