School kid booked for blasphemy in Karachi
January 30th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANSKarachi, Jan 30 (IANS) A schoolboy has been arrested and slapped with charges of blasphemy here for writing derogatory remarks on his answer sheets against the Prophet, a media report stated Sunday. The case has been filed at the Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan police station against Muhammad Samiullah, an intermediate student.
He was arrested on Jan 28, 2011 on the complaint of chief controller intermediate board, who alleged him for writing derogatory remarks in his answer sheets against Holy Prophet Muhammad, reported the Daily Times.
According to police, Samiullah violated the blasphemy laws of the country as he expressed unacceptable remarks against Holy Prophet Muhammad in his three answer sheets (Urdu, Islamiat and Physics).
An FIR (56/11) was registered against him under 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) at Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan police station.
The arrest was made on the complaint of chief controller intermediate board and police obtained all his answer sheets before taking him in the custody, said Superintendent of Police Zafar Iqbal.
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