Hindu tortured and killed in Karachi blasphemy dispute
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Karachi: Dozens of Muslim workers beat to death a Hindu colleague at a factory in Karachi on Tuesday for alleged blasphemy. According to the media reports the worker named Jagdish Kumar, 25, was tortured and killed at the garments factory after a heated debate on religion.
Narrating the incident, Superintendent of Police Farrukh Bashir said, “Of a total of 1,500 workers at the factory in the Korangi industrial area, a dozen muslim men beat the Hindu worker to death over allegations of blasphemy."
The mob was trying to burn the body when officers arrived and took it away, Bashir added. Police have arrested several people in connection with the case.
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Narrating the incident, Superintendent of Police Farrukh Bashir said, “Of a total of 1,500 workers at the factory in the Korangi industrial area, a dozen muslim men beat the Hindu worker to death over allegations of blasphemy."
The mob was trying to burn the body when officers arrived and took it away, Bashir added. Police have arrested several people in connection with the case.
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