GUJRAT: Police booked a senior doctor under Section 295-A after some activists of Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) accused him of blasphemy. The case against the doctor was registered with the Civil Lines police on the report of Hafiz Abdul Rehman, an activist of the TLP. Tehreek activists staged a demonstration on Friday, demanding the suspect be booked under Section 295-C. however, the doctor was not arrested until the filing of this report. Earlier, the administration had referred the complaint to the ulema committee comprising senior clerics of the district peace committee to probe the matter. The committee recorded statements of the suspect and students of the paramedical school, who had alleged the doctor committed blasphemy during a Quran translation class he was conducting.
Published in Daily Times, November 5th 2017.
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