The Islamists have announced Protest and March for release of one Muslim Mumtaz Qadri on death row on killing of Governor Salman Taseer after Friday prayers while government of Punjab to give them free hand not adopted security measures of worship places of religious minorities nor deployed police contingents to stop protestors from taking law in hand to please them.
The Interior Minister Ch. Nisar have ordered to take charge of city by armed forces after burning of Worship place but not took note on announcement of Islamists protest to release a killer while it was feared that situation can be worsen.
According to reports, an infuriated mob set ablaze a factory belonging to members of the Ahmadi community in Punjab's Jhelum district on Friday following blasphemy allegations on the factory's owner and its workers.
According to police, hundreds of people surrounded the chipboard factory in Jhelum and set it on fire after reports that an employee, named Qamar Ahmad Tahir, had allegedly burnt the holy Quran. "The incident took place after we arrested the head of security at the factory, Qamar Ahmad Tahir, for complaints that he ordered burning of the copies of the holy Quran," Adnan Malik, a senior police official told a news agency. "We registered a blasphemy case against Tahir, who is Ahmadi by faith, and arrested him after confiscating the burnt material, which also included copies of the Holy Quran," Malik added.
When the reports of alleged blasphemy surfaced, some people in the area made announcements through loudspeakers in mosques after which people from the area and nearby villages gathered as a mob and set ablaze the chipboard factory. Many workers fled the factory complex, which contained a residential area, with their families, sources said. The owner's residence, adjoining the factory, was also set on fire.
.The mob later blocked the Grand Trunk Road for nearly six hours while chanting slogans against the police and minority Ahmadi community. The mob also clashed with police personnel when they tried to disperse the crowd. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells at the mob, injuring three persons. Saleemuddin, a spokesman for the local Ahmadi community, said three of their members were arrested in the wake of the fire.
"Three members of our community have been arrested by police under the charges of blasphemy," he claimed. Police, however, said that it released the persons arrested on suspicion of blasphemy.
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