Christian attacked by Sargodha mob succumbs to injuries after 9 days – Pakistan

A Christian man in Sargodha who was injured and rescued in a mob attack late last month died in a hospital in Rawalpindi on Monday, a relative said.

On May 25, Sargodha police rescued the man from a lynch mob accusing him of desecration and also attacked the houses of other members of the minority in the district’s Mujahid Colony.

People had gathered and were knocking on the victim’s door. When he came out, the mob attacked him with kicks and fists and pelted him with stones. The crowd had grown and set fire to a shoe shop owned by the Christian family. After damaging the walls and doors, they tried to enter their house.

Subsequently, a terrorism case was opened against 44 named and 300/400 unidentified suspects, with more than 100 arrests made. Meanwhile, the police had also opened a blasphemy case against the Christian.

A nephew of the victim had denied the accusations of desecration.

On the day of the incident, police rescued the man and took him to a military hospital. The nephew said his uncle’s condition was stable.

A week ago, after social media claimed that the man and his son had died, the nephew clarified that he (his uncle) was “fine and alive” and had since been transferred to another hospital for further treatment.

Today another nephew of the Christian told Dawn.com that his uncle had died in a hospital in Rawalpindi, adding that his body would be brought back to Sargodha where a funeral would be held this afternoon.