Umarkot: Shutter down strike for arrest of blasphemy accused

In an effort to arrest the accused who allegedly posted blasphemous content material on social media in Umarkot, Sindh, protesters staged a shutterdown strike on Wednesday morning and staged a dharna by means of burning tires at Allahwala Chowk in entrance of Umarkot Press Membership.

Police say {that a} case has been registered towards the accused and raids are being carried out to arrest him.

The inside track of this incident unfold on social media at the night time of Tuesday (12 Rabi Al-Awwal), when rallies and processions had been being held in Umarkot like different towns of Pakistan at the instance of Milad-ul-Nabi.

On receiving the ideas, numerous other people accumulated and ransacked town and set hearth to the police cell, whilst shutter down hartal was once additionally held in Dhoro Naru and different towns of Umarkot district.

Consistent with Assistant Superintendent of Police (SSP) Umarkot Asif Raza, after receiving the details about the incident, the police took speedy realize and contacted the students and in relation to Imam Sabir Ali Soomro of Zakariya Masjid, Segment 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code (Insult) A case was once registered underneath Risalat).

He additional mentioned that ‘raids are being carried out to arrest the accused. Quickly the accused will likely be arrested and extra felony motion will likely be taken. We guarantee the protesters that the police may not be negligent on this topic.’

Chatting with Unbiased Urdu, the plaintiff within the case, Sabir Ali Soomro, mentioned that on Tuesday night time, he opened Fb on his cell phone and noticed that the accused had shared a number of blasphemy posts on his account.

Consistent with Sabir Ali Soomro: ‘I instantly contacted the police and registered a case. We call for that the accused be arrested instantly.’

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Umarkot Naveed Larak instructed Unbiased Urdu that the accused is hired in a central authority health facility in Umarkot.

Once the scoop of the incident unfold, the scientific superintendent of the health facility issued a notification and suspended the accused from responsibility.

Consistent with Deputy Commissioner Naveed Lark: ‘At 4.30 pm on Tuesday, the SSP knowledgeable me that blasphemous posts have been shared on Fb.

At the moment, other people in Umarkot had been going again to their properties with rallies and processions held at the instance of Milad-ul-Nabi. On receiving the ideas, other people began amassing within the town.

He additional mentioned that the police and district management spoke to the agitators and filed a case asking for the folk to head house as a substitute of rioting. The accused will likely be arrested quickly, and then the folk dispersed, however some youths got here again and set hearth to the police cell, and then we known as the hearth brigade and taken the hearth underneath regulate.

“Since this morning, other people were sitting on a protest dharna with a shutter down strike in Umarkot.”

Consistent with Naveed Lark, the police is tracing the telephone of the accused and remaining evening the site of the telephone of the accused was once present in Jamshoro. ‘Quickly the accused will likely be arrested.’