E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 47 Singh bus stop, Javed entered Jamia Hassan Bin Murtaza madrasa, which is looked after by Maulvi Ghulam Rasaal, the imam of the madrasa. When Javed Anjum Masih stopped to drink water from a tap, some students in the madrasa and the imam erroneously took him for a tap thief and tortured him, resulting in 12 injuries, including a fatal blow to his kidney. Javed Masih was freed on 23 April 2004. His relatives took him from Taba Tek Singh railway gate in serious condition. He was then admitted in the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, where he died on 2 May 2004. The police registered First Information Report No.109 against Maulvi Ghulam Rasaal and two unknown persons. At the time of the Government’s response, Maulvi Ghulam Rasaal was held in police custody. 180. The Government indicated that the allegation regarding converting Javed Masih to Islam was false. Moreover, the claim of the deceased’s family that would produce videotape showing the boy being coerced to accept Islam had not yet been produced before the police authorities. The Government requested the Special Rapporteur to drop further consideration of the case. By letter dated 7 July 2004, the Government of Pakistan responded to the case concerning Deewan Hashmat Hayat and stated that, upon application of Mr. Hayat, case No.74/3 under section 436/440/147/149/380 PPC was registered on 11 July 2003 with the police station at Jalalpur Sharif, stating that at around 7.45 p.m. a delegation (jirga) of about 22 people went to Mr. Hayat’s home. Present were Deewan Hashmat, his brother, Azmat Hayat, and one Raja Zulqurnain. A number of unknown persons remained outside Mr. Hayat‘s residence of. The jirga informed Mr. Hayat that he had built his residence on the village common community plot (Shamlat-e-Deh). The jirga requested that the property be demolished and threatened to burn it if their demand was not met. When Mr. Hashmat refused, the jirga used the public address system to call upon the village residents to gather outside Mr. Hashmat’s residence in order to pull down the walls and to burn the property. 181. At about 10.30 p.m., a mob of people led by Asghar Jandran attacked the building and demolished the boundary walls. The mob took the valuables from the residence and doused everything with kerosene after piling the goods on the lawn. The fire totally destroyed the ceiling, windows and doors of the building. Furniture was also destroyed. The mob also smashed the windows of Mr. Hayat’s car and removed his briefcase, which contained British and United States currency, as well as his passport and airline tickets. Mr. Hayat’s companions fled the scene to save their lives. The case was registered by Muhammad Afzal, Sub-Inspector of Police, and Sub-Inspector Fazal Dad was investigating the case. 182. The Government further indicated that the police also registered case No. 75/03 on 12 July 2003 against Deewan Hashmat Hayat. Raja Zulqarnain, Muhammad Safdar and Jabir Zaheer, on the application of Hafiz Muneer Ahmed, son of Mohammad Khan, resident of Pindi Saidpur, under section 297/298/295Al295-CI357/149/148/PPC . All the accused in this case disappeared, apart from Mohammad Safdar and Jabir Zaheer who were both arrested and detained in the judicial district jail, Jhelum. Deewan Hashmat Hayat and Raja Zulqarnain were prosecuted under section 87 ZF. Mr. Zulqarnain was granted interim bail, but was arrested after the cancellation of his bail on 3 April 2004.

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