Watch: Mob vandalises school, temple over alleged blasphemous remarks by Hindu principal
Sep 16, 2019
Ghotki (Pakistan), Sep 16 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters ran amok in Pakistan's Sindh province after the principal of a school, belonging to the minority Hindu community, was accused of blasphemy and booked in the matter. Following this, protesters took to the streets and demanded the arrest of the principal and issued a call for a shutter-down strike. Several videos of stick-wielding protesters had gone viral on social media on Sunday, in which they were seen desecrating a Hindu temple and damaging the school where the alleged incident occurred. Police were controlling law and order situation in the area, said Ghotki Senior Superintendent of Police Farrukh Lanjar. Pakistan has been repeatedly slammed by the international community for not taking stringent measures to protect its minority communities, despite the country's Prime Minister Imran Khan vowing to protect them on numerous occasions. In Pakistan, religious persecution of minority communities, including Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians are regularly reported.
