Police have arrested up to 40 people for killing a laborer and his pregnant wife accused of desecrating a copy of the Qur’an.
Police arrested up to 40 people accused of fatally beating and burning a Christian couple accused of desecrating the Qur'an in Pakistan's Punjab province, CNN reported.
Police identified the woman as Shyman Bibi Urf Shamar and her husband as Sajjad Nasir Zurjah Nazir Nasir.
A mob of around 500 people allegedly dragged the couple outside their home, assaulted them and then threw them in a burning brick kiln where they worked as laborers.
The police officer in charge of the investigation said he was told by local residents that the couple was still alive when they were pushed into the kiln.
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The mob attacked the couple because the woman allegedly threw out pages of the Qu'ran with the trash, police said. The local mosque's loudspeakers spread word about the couple in neighboring villages.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said in a statement there was no evidence of the Qu'ran's desecration. HRCP said the couple were killed because of the husband's wage dispute with the kiln's owner.
According to HRCP's version of events, the kiln's owners allegedly severely beat the couple, locked them in a room at the kiln and refused to hand them over to policemen, who were also beaten. The mob then descended on the kiln after news of the couple's alleged blasphemy spread, and burned them alive.
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