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Pakistan: Hindu family tortured for fetching drinking water from mosque

Pakistan: Hindu family tortured for fetching drinking water from mosque
Written by Pratyush Deep Kotoky
Sep 20, 2021, 04:39 pm 3 min read
Pakistan: Hindu family tortured for fetching drinking water from mosque
The family of Hindu farmers was beaten up by local landlords for fetching drinking water from a mosque.

A poor Hindu family reportedly faced torture in Pakistan's Punjab province for fetching water from a mosque. The poor farmers were tortured and held hostage by local landlords for violating the sanctity of their place of worship, reports said. Notably, Hindus, who form the biggest minority community in Pakistan, often complain of harassment in the country. Here are more details.

Details
What was the incident?

The incident occurred when Alam Ram Bheel, a resident of Rahimyar Khan city, was picking raw cotton along with his family members in a field. According to Bheel, they were beaten up by local landlords when they went to fetch drinking water from a tap in a nearby mosque. The family was held hostage and tortured again while returning home after finishing their work.

Police
Police reluctant to register case; victim staged protest

Bheel said the police were initially reluctant to register a case against the attackers, as the accused were related to a local parliamentarian of Prime Minister Imran Khan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Bheel said he held a sit-in protest against police apathy outside the police station. A case was lodged on Friday only after they approached ruling PTI lawmaker Javed Warriach.

Incident
Accused landlords notorious for picking fights, say locals

Confirming the incident, Farooq Rind, a senior lawyer, said the accused landlords are notorious for picking up fights with other villagers over petty issues. Rind promised free legal aid for the complainant family. PTI's south Punjab minority wing Secretary-General Yodhister Chohan also confirmed the incident. However, he maintained he preferred to stay away due to the influence of the ruling party MP.

Information
District peace committee ignored incident: Report

Peter Jhon Bheel, a member of the district peace committee, told Dawn that despite his request to call an emergency meeting over the issue, other members of the district peace committee ignored it. Notably, Peter had also joined Bheel in his sit-in protest. However, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Khuram Shehzad denied Peter's claim of the peace committee's inactivity, saying that it was "fully functional."

Administration
Deputy Commissioner to meet Hindu minority elders Monday

Meanwhile, District Police Officer Asad Sarfraz said that he was looking into the whole incident. DC Shehzad added that after the Bhong temple issue, the district administration had received some complaints from the minority community, which proved fake when investigated. Thus, he maintained, that before taking any action, he would meet Hindu minority elders on Monday.

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Pratyush Deep Kotoky
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Pratyush Deep Kotoky covers national and politics news at NewsBytes. His over three-year-long career involves reporting on sociopolitical issues across India, particularly the northeast region. His previous stints include 101Reporters, The Sunday Guardian, and Inshorts, and he has also written for Asia Times, Firstpost, and Newslaundry. He has a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
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