KARACHI: A judicial magistrate remanded on Saturday a suspect in police custody in a case pertaining to posting of blasphemous material on his Facebook page till April 15.

The police arrested the suspect in Orangi Town on April 4 for allegedly posting caricatures of some of the Sahaba [companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)] on his Facebook page.

The suspect was produced before the magistrate for remand and was handed over to police on 10-day physical remand for questioning.

A case was registered against the suspect under Section 298-A (use of derogatory remarks, etc. in respect of holy personage) of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Ittehad Town police station.

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