Prayer leader killed

Published October 23, 2015

KASUR: A prayer leader was shot dead in Khara village in the limits of Saddar police station here on Thursday.

Qari Fazal Husain of Bahawalpur was the prayer leader at a mosque in the village. On Thursday, Husain took two unidentified guests to his room adjacent to the mosque. After a short time, the guests shot him dead and escaped.

Husain was a member of the district peace committee also.

Police sent the body to the DHQ Hospital for autopsy.

BOOKED: Pattoki Saddar police registered a case against a prayer leader on charges of spreading sectarianism at Gohar Chak 8.

Police arrested Maulvi Ahmed Hasan for allegedly managing wall chalking in the village against another sect.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2015

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