A harrowing incident of lynching has emerged from a police station in the Nankana Sahib area in Pakistan's Punjab province. Against this background, a video of a figure being set on fire as a mob celebrates is viral, claiming that the person being burnt is a Christian man accused of blasphemy.
On February 11, a man was lynched after a crowd broke into the police station in Nankana Sahib. A person accused of blasphemy was dragged outside, killed, and the mob burned his body. Taking notice of the incident, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an investigation. The Inspector General, Anwar, has suspended Nankana Sahib Circle Deputy Superintendent of Police Nawaz Waraq and Warburton Station House Officer Feroz Bhatti, as per a Dawn report.
The viral video shows a body lying spread-eagled on the ground as a person approaches it and lights it up. The body catches on fire, and the mob begins to celebrate.
Major Surendra Poonia shared the video with the claim, "Will BBC show this? NEVER! Waris Issa, a Christian arrested on blasphemy charges in Nankana Sahib of Pakistan. Islamic mob attacked a Police station, dragged him out on the streets & set him on fire with the slogan of Allah-o-Akbar. Pak is HELL for MINORITIES."
Other users have shared the video with similar claims.
The Logical Indian Fact Check team verified the viral claim and found it false.
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