Pakistani mullah accused of trying to frame girl in blasphemy case
Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti is arrested after witnesses say he added pages of Qur'an to girl's bag
The case against a Pakistani Christian girl
potentially facing a death sentence for allegedly burning sacred
Islamic texts has been thrown into doubt after her local mullah was
arrested on accusations of tampering with evidence in order to frame
her.
Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti appeared in court on
Sunday after witnesses claimed to have seen him adding pages of the
Qur'an to a bag of ashes Rimsha Masih had been carrying away for
disposal last month in order to strengthen the case against her.
Although many of the cases brought under the
country's much criticised blasphemy laws are thought to be spurious,
the Rimsha case is thought to be the first time in the more than two
decades since the laws were introduced that someone has been arrested
for fabricating evidence.
But while the dramatic turn of events delighted the
girl's supporters, a prosecution lawyer insisted he would press ahead
with the case against her.
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A. Cuvelier
