By Rana Yasif
A Kasur additional district and sessions judge on Thursday sought comments from Kot Radha Kishan police on a petition seeking the court’s directive to change the complainant of the FIR registered after the killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy.
Mukhtar Masih, father of Saima alias Shama, filed the petition objecting to Sub-Inspector Muhammad Ali being named as complainant.
He requested the court that the incident be investigated fairly and thoroughly.
Press conference
The Masiha Millat Party said on Thursday kiln owner Muhammad Yousuf Gujjar, Munshi Shakeel and Munshi Afzal had illegally detained Sajjad Masih and his wife Shama for three days before throwing them into a brick kiln.
Party’s founder Aslam Pervaiz Sahotra, Human Liberation Commission of Pakistan secretary general Naseeb Anjum, Father Samson Dilawar Pastor Benjamin and Fayyaz Shaukat were also present at the press conference.
Sahotra said Gujjar had paid Rs500,000 to hire the couple. He said Sajjad had told Ramazan, a driver of Gujjar, that he wanted to quit the job. He said Gujjar had detained Sajjad in a room after Ramazan told him that he wanted to leave. Gujjar also demanded that Sajjad return him the money, Sahotra said.
He said the kiln owner later instigated a mob against the couple accusing them of blasphemy. He said the authorities, including police, had tried to hush up the matter.
He said Provincial Assembly Member Anees Qureshi, Regional Police Officer Abu Bakar and District Police Officer Jawad Qamar had forcibly buried the deceased at midnight.
Sahotra said his party had pressed for burial to be held at 10am on Wednesday. He demanded that the government act against the kiln owner and his accomplices.
Protest
The Masiha Millat Party also staged a protest demonstration in front of Lahore Press Club. Some relatives of the slain couple also attended the demonstration and demanded that the government protect minority citizens.
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