Rimsha case: Cleric Khalid Jadoon granted bail

Jadoon's lawyer says police have no evidence of his involvement in the case.

ISLAMABAD: Prayer leader Khalid Jadoon, who was accused of adding burnt Holy Quran pages to make the case against Rimsha Masih stronger, was granted bail by a trial court on Thursday, Express News reported.

A sessions judge Islamabad granted the bail on submission of a surety bond worth Rs200,000.

Jadoon’s lawyer Wajid Gilani maintained that since all the witnesses against his client backtracked from their statements, police now have no evidence of his involvement in the case.

The cleric was accused of adding pages from the Holy Quran to ashes seized from 14-year-old Rimsha to implicate her and was sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand by a magistrate.

Three witnesses who had testified against the cleric had later backtracked from their statements saying that the police had “forced” them to testify.