Mob assaults police station in Pakistan in quest of man accused of blasphemy

A mob, wielding batons and iron rods, has attacked a police station right here within the Pakistani capital in an try and lynch a person detained on a cost of blasphemy, based on a media report.Dozens of villagers attacked the Golra Police Station in Islamabad, asking the officers for the custody of the suspect held for investigation right into a grievance lodged in opposition to him on a blasphemy cost, the Dawn newspaper reported.Within minutes of legislation enforcers bringing the suspect to the police station, scores of individuals gathered on the station gate. The mob compelled their method in after overpowering the guards.The crowd began damaging the workplaces of the ”moharrar” (police cleric), investigating officers and the Station House Officer. Such incidents previously have led to the lynching of blasphemy accused individuals.During the assault, the policemen tried to guard themselves in addition to the suspect by locking themselves up within the lock-up and different rooms. They contacted a close-by police contingent for assist.Police reinforcement, together with personnel of the counter-terrorism division, anti-terrorist squad and anti-riot unit, reached the spot and rescued their colleagues.The confrontation between the villagers and the police went on for properly over an hour.It was not confirmed what number of policemen had been injured within the assault. While there was an entire blackout within the police station and its neighborhood, the police shifted the person suspected of committing blasphemy to an undisclosed location underneath strict safety.The police cordoned off the locality and numerous police groups had been patrolling the world on foot, whereas all routes resulting in the police station had been sealed.Assistant Inspector General of Police Mohammad Usman Tipu stated particulars on the assault on Golra Police Station could be shared after the state of affairs calms down within the space.The particulars on the person accused of blasphemy weren’t made out there.Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy legal guidelines and their prescribed punishments are thought of extraordinarily extreme.People accused of blasphemy are often disadvantaged of the proper to a counsel of their alternative as most legal professionals refuse to take up such delicate circumstances.The blasphemy legal guidelines are colonial-era laws however they had been amended by former dictator General Ziaul Haq which elevated the severity of prescribed punishments.READ | Must battle this collectively: Pak PM Imran Khan, ministers specific solidarity with India battling Covid