A Christian farm laborer Saleem Masih who was tortured on February 25 for two hours for washing himself in a tube well owned by a Muslim farmer in Bhagiana village in Lahore District, died on February 28, reports UCA News. “We have to take a bath after unloading husk from a trolley. Even the cold weather doesn’t matter. The itching from chaff, stuck in our clothes, disturbs our sleep,” Nadeem, his elder brother said. “They threatened him with dire consequences when he cleaned himself after unloading a vehicle last week. They accused him of desecrating their water. He was already being warned about making TikTok videos in farms belonging to Muslim landlords.” Masih was found lying in a cattle farm with serious bodily injuries on February 25 in Bhagiana village. “It was 7am. Local women reported that my brother was moaning in pain. He told the police about being chained, beaten and electrocuted by four men. They rolled a thick iron rod over his entire body. He was like a crushed sugar cane from a juice machine.” Police arrested Sher Dogar, a Muslim landlord, and his partner but released them a few hours later.
Separately, three graves belonging to the Ahmadis have been allegedly desecrated by Police in Chak-2 TDA area of Khushab District in Punjab province on February 29, reports The Telegraph. Spokesman of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan, the Pakistani organisation representing the Ahmadis, Saleemuddin said the incident occurred days after Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that anyone targeting the country's minorities would be dealt with strictly. “Police have desecrated three tombstones of Ahmadis' in a graveyard in Chak-2 TDA, district Khushab. This was done at the behest of mullahs (clerics). The Ahmadis are not even safe in their graves in Pakistan,” Saleemuddin said in a statement. He also uploaded pictures of the desecrated graves on Twitter.