Sunday, 14 July 2013
Pakistan: Influential Hindus ‘influencing’ police in blasphemy case tussle
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“It was a local Hindu of Pano Aqil, Sudham Chand, son of Daya Ram, who works as a health technician at Mehran Maternity Home, and he has threatened us that he will tear the holy book.”
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Daily Times
By Amar Guriro | July 14, 2013
KARACHI: Influential Hindus of northern Sindh began threatening local Sikh community of dire consequences if they pursue the blasphemy case, in which a close relative of Hindu Panchayat chieftain had torn the Holy Guru Granth Sahib into pieces.
Some local extremist Hindus on June 18, 2013 tore the most sacred book of Sikh religion, in Pano Aqil town in Sukkur district and despite passage of more than two weeks, police have not registered the case due to the influence of a Hindu parliamentarian of ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The incident happened at a local Hindu temple of Nanak (Guru Nanak) Panthi Hindus.
The news broke like wildfire and Sikhs from different cities of northern Sindh started gathering in the town to protest against the incident. They rushed to the local police station to lodge an FIR, but police refused.
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