Khanewal A man, identified as Mushtaq, was stoned to death by a mob for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in Jungle Dera, a remote village of Khanewal.
Hundreds of men, infuriated by the announcements after Maghrib prayer — that a man had torn some pages of the Holy Quran and set them ablaze — hanged the accused on a tree and pelted bricks at him until he bled to death.
The publication reported an eyewitness as saying that the police arrived on the spot well before the stoning and had arrested Mushtaq, but the mob not willing to listen to the his claims of innocence, “snatched him from the SHO’s custody” and killed him.
Meanwhile, Punjab police spokesperson said that a case has been registered against the lynching under sections pertaining to murder and terrorism on the relevant SHO’s behalf.
He said that 33 known and 300 unidentified suspects have been nominated in the case and some have been arrested as well.
The police said that raids are being carried out to arrest more suspects.
