Punjab Inspector General of Police IGP Dr Usman Anwar refuted reports of the arrest of a pastor in connection with an alleged incident of blasphemy that incited violence in Faisalabads Jaranwala last week . On August a violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched nearly two dozen churches attacked the residences of members of the Christian community and the office of the local assistant commissioner .
As per police and local sources the violence erupted after some locals alleged that several desecrated pages of the Holy Quran were found near a house where two Christian brothers resided . The AajEnglish claimed that the pastor had recorded a video prior to his purported arrest saying that he was in Peshawar on August and not in Jaran wala .
The report quoted him as saying that personnel from the Crime Investigation Agency had arrived to arrest him. Dawn.com could not find the said video online. However the police chief dismissed the claim of the said said that he had not recorded the video online .
Both main accused in the incident had been arrested and kept in the custody of the Counter Terrorism Department. Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Moshin Naqvi said that both main accused had been caught in the rampage had been apprehended. Punjab Caretaker Chief minister MoshIn Naqqvi.
MoshIN Naqavi said that two main accused were being arrested and keeping in the possession of the arrested had been released. The report was released by the Counterterrorism Department. For more information, please click here to read the article here.
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