Hyderabad Police on Sunday dispersed a mob that had gathered outside the residence of a Hindu sanitary worker who had been accused of blasphemy.
According to the police, the sanitary worker had been targeted because of a personal clash with a local resident. The Hindu worker has been identified as Ashok Kumar, and he was booked under section 295B over charges of blasphemy for allegedly desecrating the Quran.
The allegations were made by a local shopkeeper Bilal Abbasi, who had complained that Kumar had allegedly desecrated the Quran.
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Earlier in the day, a huge mob had assembled outside Kumar's residence in Hyderabad's Saddar area. They tried to break into his house. Subsequently, the police showed up in the evening and arrested Kumar.
The mob had grown in size by that time, and demanded that the police hand Kumar over to them. At this the police resorted to laathi charge and attempted to disperse the crowd away.
https://twitter.com/Xadeejournalist/status/1561387615890591749
Previously, in a separate incident, a student at Azad Kashmir’s Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) who was accused of blasphemy against the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was being held in police custody after a mob of students showed up outside his dorm room.
According to the police, the sanitary worker had been targeted because of a personal clash with a local resident. The Hindu worker has been identified as Ashok Kumar, and he was booked under section 295B over charges of blasphemy for allegedly desecrating the Quran.
The allegations were made by a local shopkeeper Bilal Abbasi, who had complained that Kumar had allegedly desecrated the Quran.
https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/1561480483267117056
Earlier in the day, a huge mob had assembled outside Kumar's residence in Hyderabad's Saddar area. They tried to break into his house. Subsequently, the police showed up in the evening and arrested Kumar.
The mob had grown in size by that time, and demanded that the police hand Kumar over to them. At this the police resorted to laathi charge and attempted to disperse the crowd away.
https://twitter.com/Xadeejournalist/status/1561387615890591749
Previously, in a separate incident, a student at Azad Kashmir’s Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) who was accused of blasphemy against the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was being held in police custody after a mob of students showed up outside his dorm room.