HINDU CHILD CHARGED WITH BLASPHEMY ;FACES DEATH PENALTY

  • 09/08/2021

In Pakistan, an eight-year-old Hindu boy has been charged with blasphemy, a crime punishable by death. The boy was accused of urinating on the carpet of a Madarsa, where he had spent a week in jail before receiving bail. He has been placed under ‘protective custody’ following the incident. Fearing retribution, the family had gone into hiding.

According to a family member : ‘He [the boy] does not even know about these blasphemy issues and has been falsely implicated in them. He does not understand why he was jailed for a week and what his crime was. We have closed our shops and left work, the whole community is afraid and we fear backlash. We don’t want to go back to this area. It is apparent that no concrete or meaningful action is being taken against the culprits or to protect minorities living here,’ he added.Ramesh Kumar, head of the Pakistani Hindu Council, said, ‘The attack on the temple and blasphemy allegations against the eight-year-old minor really shocked me. More than a hundred homes of the Hindu community have been evacuated due to fear of attack’. Hindu activist Kapil Dev says the charges should be dropped immediately, and the government should provide security to the boy’s family and those forced to flee. Attacks on Hindu temples have increased recently, and these recent incidents seem like a new wave of persecution.

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