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.
Earlier, a charged mob gathered around the apartment building to get hold of the Hindu man. Police dispersed the mob and arrested the victim. pic.twitter.com/3j0RHUzzHO
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) August 21, 2022
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.
Hyderabad police dispersed a violent mob which was demanding handing over a Hindu sanitary worker accusing him of #blasphemy Police claims the sanitary worker was targeted because of a personal clash with a local resident pic.twitter.com/CnSFLNLqhH
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) August 21, 2022
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.
