A mentally challenged man, Ghulam Husain, allegedly put the Holy Quran on fire in Shahdara Town precincts on Monday afternoon. As the news spread in the colony, the locals barged in Husain’s house and started beating him.
A local, Akram Bhatti, rendering himself to be an eye witness, called the police, which after reaching the venue arrested the accused and registered an FIR against him under Section 295-B. The police also recovered pieces of the burnt Quran.
According to the police, the accused was not mentally challenged but was a drug addict. Husain committed this act in a perturbed state after not being able to score his drug, the police sources said. Husain’s father runs a video game shop in the locality.
