Over 150 people booked for Christian boy’s death in Lahore

Islamabad: Police in Lahore city's Factory Area on Tuesday lodged a case against 150-200 people in the wake of death of a Christian boy here on Monday.

The incident happened when a minor dispute involving the victim Pervez Masih and some other people regarding standing in the street escalated into a full scale attack on him leading to his death, Dawn reported on Tuesday.

Police said Pervez suffered critical head injuries and later died in hospital.

Members of the Christian community took to the streets demanding action against the culprits, forcing the police to act and lodge the FIR. Police have registered a murder case against 150-200 people after consulting a team of lawyers of the Christian community.

The complainant said some of the attackers were also holding weapons and fired warning shots.

Cantt division operation SP Esa Sukhera said that on Sunday night a scuffle broke out between some members of the Christian community and locals. Consequently, in the incident one Sobal Masih was injured who lodged a complaint with the police.

His attackers therefore held a grudge against him for reporting the matter to the police and again attacked some of his relatives on Monday. It was in this attack that Pervez Masih was critically injured on the head and later died in a local hospital which prompted his relatives to lodge a protest. (UNI)