A mob in Punjab's Khanewal district tortured and killed a man accused of burning pages of the Holy Quran. Read more: Charsadda police station set on fireTaking notice of the incident, IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan sought a report from Additional IG South Punjab over the incident. The IG Punjab said that those behind the tragic incident would be brought to justice. In November last year, a mob had vandalised a police station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda district and set it on fire after authorities refused to hand over a man arrested earlier for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran. Later, a mob reached the police station and demanded of the officials to hand them over the blasphemy suspect in custody.

Source: The Express Tribune February 13, 2022 03:08 UTC