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Lahore: April 30, 2016. (PCP) The eye witnesses were physically abused during court hearings by lawyers of defense in Anti-Terrorism court to press upon them to change their testimony recorded in Charge Sheet of case of Christian couple burnt alive by Muslim mob in furnace of Brick Kiln Factory in Kot Radha Kishan on accusations of blasphemy by the owner of factory.
The prime suspect in Christian couple lynching who is owner of Brick Kiln have been already granted bail by court who approached nearby villages and instigated religious leaders to announce on mosques loudspeakers to gather on his brick kiln factory to punish his employed Christian couple on defiling pages of Quran. More than thousand angry Muslims marched from village and broke ceiling of quarter where owner of brick kiln have locked Christian couple and pull them out; Muslim mob tortured them and later threw them in furnace.
Sardar Mushtaq Gill Advocate, Kashif Alexander Advocate, Salvance Jacob Advocate and Aric John advocates’ high courts appeared in the Anti-terrorism Court Lahore to represent as prosecution counsels of legal heirs eyes witnesses of Kot Radha Kishan's case of lynching to death of the Christian couple.
Khuram and Shahbaz both eyes witnesses were tried in cross-examination by the defense lawyers ,they also physically abused them during cross-examination in the same way as the legal heirs witnesses were abused during cross-examination in the previous hearing on April 20.
The objection was raised by the counsels of legal heir’s witnesses engaged by LEAD and same was given in the notice of the court but the court did not take it seriously. The harsh words were also exchanged when one of defense lawyers pushed Khuram , one of eye witness, to make him pressurized and his hair of head were snatched in the court while he was being cross-examined.
Six legal heirs eye witnesses have been completed for their cross-examination remaining will be crossed on next hearing fixed for May 3.The statements of all legal heir witnesses have already been recorded but remaining for cross-examination.
Iqbal Masih 'the elder brother’ of Shahzad and Shama burned alive in false blasphemy allegation says “We were assured that the case will be decided within few months, but one year and several months have passed since the tragic lynching of our brother and sister .”
“We are still being threatened and approached from different quarters to compromise and forgive the accused even on last hearing the accused extended life threats instead being in the custody of police” Iqbal added. He further stated that they have been waiting for justice and hopeful that the case will soon be decided.
Sardar Mushtaq Gill,human rights defender said that the families of those who were in judicial lockup were still trying to influence and to pressurize the legal heirs witnesses. Some more accused have filed bail petitions hoping to influence the legal heirs to get release from jail.
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