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Summary Imam Khalid Jadoon, manipulated evidence against Rimsha Maseeh, said an eyewitness.
The local court of magistrate Nasrum Minallah Sunday sent Imam of mosque Khalid Jadoon to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand.Imam of mosque Kahild Jadoon, who was accused of tampering with the evidence against Rimsha Maseeh and arrested last night, was presented before the court of magistrate Nasrum Minallah by the police seeking remand, while the court reserved the decision on the matter on Sunday.It may be recalled that Rimsha Maseeh has been in detention since she was allegedly found holding in her hand burnt pages with holy verses printed on them.According to the eyewitness Hafiz Muhammad Zubair, he was observing Aitekaf in the mosque when he came to know about the incident of alleged burning of Quranic verses.He said that Ammad, the complainant in the case, handed over the ashes of Quranic verses to the Imam of the mosque Khalid Jadoon, who also added more verses to it.He said in his statement that he himself protested against the manipulation of the evidence. He said that he and other eyewitnesses had asked Khalid Jadoon to present the real evidences against Rimsha.Religious scholar Tahir Ashrafi has asked the Ulema as to what kind of punishment Imams like Khalid Jadoon deserved.
