Ghotki: Mob vandalise school, temples in Pakistan's Sindh after false blasphemy charges against Hindu principal
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.
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.
With ANI inputs