Authorities have taken into custody a cleric along with five others involved in stoning of a couple in the Loralai district of Balochistan on Monday.
The Home Department has launched an investigation in the incident. A woman and a man were stoned to death on suspicion of having illicit relations. The orders were given by two clerics without holding any investigation over the matter. No funeral prayers were offered for the couple and they were buried.
The district administration arrested the cleric who gave fatwa against the married couple along with the other five people involved in the incident.
Loralai DC Abdul Waheed Kakar told the media that the incident occurred four days ago, adding that the brother of the woman was also been arrested.
Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said there were two clerics who gave fatwa against the couple. One of them was arrested, he added.
The district administration has also requested for autopsy and exhumation.
