According to police, hundreds of Muslims stormed a police station in the eastern Punjab province of Pakistan, took a blasphemy suspect from his cell, took him outside, and lynched him.
For desecrating pages of a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, a man Waris was being held by police, according to senior police officer Babar Sarfaraz Alpa on Saturday. He claimed that Waris had pasted pictures of himself, his wife, and a knife on various pages of the book, displayed them, and dispersed them throughout Nankana’s rural area.
Waris was allegedly taken from his cell and the entire police station was ransacked, according to Alpa.
By the time more police officers arrived on the scene, the man had already been lynched and his body was on fire. However, police thwarted their attempt with the assistance of more sensible locals, he said.
Under Pakistani Law, blasphemy offences are punishable with death.