No action against main accused Mithu Mian so far.
Even as Imran Khan continues his Twitter narrative on Jammu and Kashmir, about how world should intervene and minorities are under threat in India, he can't save Hindu community from getting attacked in his own backyard.
Now, reports have emerged from Sindh province in Pakistan where allegedly instigated by a hardline preacher, hundreds attacked Hindu community, desecrating temples and vandalising schools. Hundreds of protesters ran amok in Pakistan's Sindh province after the principal of a school, belonging to the minority Hindu community, was falsely accused of blasphemy and booked in the matter.
Demonstrations began in Ghotki town on Saturday after an FIR was filed against Notal Mal, the teacher of Sindh Public School, by Abdul Aziz Rajput, alleging that the principal had committed blasphemy, The Dawn reported.
Following this, protesters took to the streets and demanded the arrest of the principal and issued a call for a shutter-down strike.
Several videos of stick-wielding protesters had gone viral on social media on Sunday, in which they were seen desecrating a Hindu temple and damaging the school where the alleged incident occurred.
Police were controlling law and order situation in the area, said Ghotki Senior Superintendent of Police Farrukh Lanjar.
The boy who made the allegations however later wrote on social media that he was just making up the charges for personal vendetta.
A Hindu principal in Ghotki, Sindh has purportedly been accused of committing blasphemy by extremists, who have vandalised his school. Hindu community in the area is in danger. They must be provided with protection immediately! Video & report via Shankar Meghwar pic.twitter.com/Xctf04brli
— Bilal Farooqi (@bilalfqi) September 15, 2019
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, who is also the head of the Pakistan Hindu Council, said that the matter will be investigated by Hyderabad Deputy Inspector General Naeem Shaikh.
Vankwani also said that the principal was at an undisclosed location for security reasons and will be handed over to the police.
On social media, many Pakistani Twitter users have protested against this brazen act of vandalism and religious intolerance against the minority Hindu community. They have alleged that Mian Mithu who also allegedly does forced conversion is behind this fresh round of violence.
Ghotki riots: Hindu man accused of blasphemy in the custody of Police, cases against extermist mob led by Mian Mithu. No word on if action against Mithu who allegedly led the mob to ransack Hindu temples. https://t.co/qGlcpKq1k1
— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) September 16, 2019
With ANI inputs
1. Massive unrest in Ghotki
2. Current situation in Ghotki
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A case for vandalism has been registered. According to police, the suspects have been identified and are likely to be arrested soon. The needle of suspicion against Mian Mithu for instigating the violence against Hindu community. He is allegedly in forefront of forced conversions which takes place in Sindh, Pakistan.
The man who is responsible for what is happening in Ghotki; and also the architect of forced conversions of Hindu girls in Sindh.
— Urooj Zia (@Farmwaali) September 15, 2019
His name is Pir Abdul Haq, aka Mian Mithu, one of the Pirs of Dargah Bharchoondi Sharif; former PPP (brought in by Zulfiqar Mirza), now PTI. pic.twitter.com/3GloRt9Hmq
3. Ghotki exposes Pak double speak again
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Earlier this year, major protests led by religious parties erupted in various cities across Pakistan after the country's Supreme Court acquitted Christian woman Asiya Bibi in connection with a blasphemy case. Fearing for their lives, Bibi and her family have fled to Canada to escape persecution.
Pakistan has been repeatedly slammed by the international community for not taking stringent measures to protect its minority communities, despite the country's Prime Minister Imran Khan vowing to protect them on numerous occasions.
In Pakistan, religious persecution of minority communities, including Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians are regularly reported. Recently, Baldev Kumar, a former MLA from Imran Khan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said that minorities are not safe in Pakistan. Baldev is in India along with his family to seek political asylum.
