The brick klin where the Christian couple used to work. PHOTO: SHAFIQ MALIK / THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE
LAHORE:
The owner of a kiln in Kot Radha Kishan where a Christian couple was tortured last year requested an anti-terrorism court on Monday to drop terrorism charges from an FIR registered against him.
The court summoned lawyers from both parties after counsel for Yousaf Gujjar filed an application requesting the judge to delete charges related to Section 7 of the Anti-terrorism Act in the FIR.
He also requested the court to refer the case to a sessions court.
On November 4, 2014, a mob had beaten Shama, 24, and Shahzad, 28 and burnt their bodies in a kiln in Chak 59, Kot Radha Kishan, after accusing them of desecrating Holy Quran. Police had registered a case under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, including Section 302 (murder), and Section of the ATA. Police had arrested 75 people in this regard.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2015.
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