SAHIWAL: A village prayer leader was booked on charges of blasphemy, hate speech and incitement of sectarianism in his Friday sermon at Chak 8/14-L near Kasowal, Chichawatni, and posting it on local social media platforms.
Kasowal police booked the prayer leader of Jamia Usmania under PPC 295-A (malicious insult of a religious group), PPC 298 (derogatory remarks against the family, wives and companions of the Holy Prophet), and Section 6 of The Punjab Sound Systems (Regulations) Act-2015, based on a complaint of SubInspector Muhammad Mushtaq.
Reports indicate that the prayer leader while delivering a sermon at village Jamia Usmania mosque, used derogatory language against a particular sect.
