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Woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for sending ‘blasphemous messages’ to her estranged friend.

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A Pakistani court sentenced a woman to death for sending ‘blasphemous messages’ to her estranged friend.

The woman, Anika Attique, was found guilty by a court in Rawalpindi on Wednesday after a complaint was registered against her by one Farooq Hassanat in 2020.

Anika Attique was charged with committing blasphemy against the prophet, insulting Islam and violating the cybercrime laws, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday.

According to reports, Anika and Farooq were friends but eventually, differences erupted between the two, following which Anika sent him ‘blasphemous’ messages on WhatsApp, the report said.

He also accused her of using her Facebook account to transmit blasphemous material to other accounts.

Anika “deliberately and intentionally defiles sacred righteous personalities and insulted the religious beliefs of Muslims”, the report said while quoting the chargesheet.

Farooq asked Anika to delete the messages and say sorry for her action, but she refused.

Consequently, Farooq filed a complaint against her with the cybercrime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

An investigation was launched and a case was filed. Later, Anika was arrested for further probe and prosecution.

However, Anika denied all the charges.

During the court hearing, she said that she believed “the complainant intentionally dragged her into a religious discussion so he could collect evidence and take revenge after she refused to be friendly with him”, the report said.

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws were enacted by former military dictator Ziaul Haq in the 1980s, the report said.

Nobody has been executed under these laws but several people have been killed on mere suspicion of committing blasphemy.

Last year, a Sri Lankan man working as a manager in a factory in Sialkot city was lynched by a mob after he was accused of blasphemy.

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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