Hindu principal in Pak booked for blasphemy

Lahore, September 15 

Riots broke out in Pakistan's Sindh province on Sunday after a school principal from the minority Hindu community was booked for "blasphemy", according to a report.

Widespread protests erupted in Ghotki district after an FIR was filed against the principal of Sindh Public School on the complaint of Abdul Aziz Rajput, a student's father who claimed that the teacher had committed blasphemy.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan shared a video of protesters breaking the school infrastructure, expressing concern over it.

Videos of stick-wielding protesters were shared on social media in which they were seen vandalising a Hindu temple and damaging the school where the incident took place, the Dawn newspaper reported.

Ghotki SSP Farrukh Lanjar said the police were controlling the law and order.

Sukkur Additional IGP Jamil Ahmed confirmed the worrying developments, saying that police were "trying to deal with the situation.” 

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Ramesh Kumar Vankwani said the principal was at an undisclosed location for safety reasons. — PTI