E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 46 On 15 September 2004, Daso Adamu was given the same sentence by a Shariah court of Ningi area for having had extramarital relations. The male co-accused was acquitted for lack of evidence. She was detained in Ningi Prison with her 3-month-old daughter and released on bail following the intervention of a local NGO. She had appealed her sentence, and her case at the Upper Shariah Court of Ningi was adjourned till 3 November 2004. 176. On 27 October 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the Government regarding information according to which, on 20 September 2004, more than a dozen Christians were reportedly killed and seven others kidnapped in a raid conducted in the towns of Bama and Gwoza by some 60 members of Al Sunna Wal Jamma, an Islamic group also known as the “Taliban”. The group also reportedly attacked police stations, killing four policemen. Reports indicated that the group had launched similar raids on towns and villages in neighbouring Yobe State in January 2004 but had then been defeated by the federal armed forces. At the time of the communication, inquiries into the whereabouts of the kidnapped Christians were reportedly ongoing. Pakistan Communications and replies received 177. On 14 June 2004, the Special Rapporteur transmitted a communication to the Government of Pakistan regarding Diwan Hashmat Hayat, who was reportedly attacked by a mob outside his house on 3 April 2004 because he asked a neighbouring mosque to make less noise. Despite his serious injuries, it was alleged that he was arrested and taken to Jhelum District Central Jail, Punjab, where he was beaten on the orders of the jail authorities. He was reportedly charged with blasphemy under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a death sentence for the offence of defiling the Prophet Mohammed. 178. In the same communication, the Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government the case of Javed Anjum, a Christian youth, who reportedly died on 2 May 2004 after he was severely tortured by a teacher and students of an Islamic seminary at Chak No. 323/G.B district, Toba Tek Singh, Punjab. It was reported that on 17 April 2004, Javed Anjum was drinking water from a tap outside the seminary, when he was abducted and tortured severely for five days for allegedly stealing the water pump. He was reportedly handed over to the police on 22 April 2004 on a charge of robbery, but due to his critical physical condition he was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. According to his deathbed statement, Javed Anjum was severely tortured when he refused to convert to Islam. Although the police had allegedly initially refused to register a case against the perpetrators, arrests were reportedly made on 5 May 2004. Meanwhile, it was alleged that the victim’s family was being pressured to withdraw the case. 179. By letter dated 25 June 2004, the Government of Pakistan informed the Special Rapporteur that the investigation into the case of Javed Anjum had reportedly revealed that Javed Anjum Masih was mentally retarded. On 17 April 2004, he and his family were visiting a relative in Toba Tek Singh. At Toba Tek