- Thursday, December 26, 2024
The two sisters had allegedly thrown a sack containing the pages of the Quran outside their house
By: Shajil Kumar
POLICE in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday said they have booked two young Christian women for blasphemy under the country’s penal code.
Samia Masih and her sister Sonia Masih, both in their 20s, allegedly threw a sack containing the pages of the Quran outside their house in Gojra, Toba Tek Singh district, some 200 km from Lahore on Wednesday, police official Shaukat Ali told PTI.
“When one of their neighbours saw Sonia throwing the sack, he enquired about it. Saima then got into an argument with him and soon other people from the area gathered on hearing about the alleged desecration of the Quran,” Ali said.
People attacked Saima and handed her over to the police while the rest of her family members fled. “Raids are underway to arrest Sonia,” he added.
Meanwhile, Minorities Alliance Pakistan chairman Advocate Akmal Bhatti said that the desecration allegations against the two sisters are false.
He said the complainant and his family members have made false allegations against the Christian sisters with ulterior motives and instigated the people. (PTI)
