Police accused of 'desecration' of Ahmadi worship place in Wazirabad.

LAHORE -- A historical worship place of Ahmadi community situated at Moti Bazar, Wazirabad, which was established back in 1905, was allegedly desecrated by district administration (police) last night.

A local leader of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Irfan Iliyas Butt had filed a complaint before Assistant Commissioner Wazirabad stating that the Ahmadi community had established a room similar in looks to a nearby mosque with minarates on it.

He had sought action under Section 298-B and 298-C of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

Section 298-C of PPC reads, "Any person of the Qadiani group or the Lahori group (who call themselves "Ahmadis" or by any other name), who directly or indirectly poses himself as a Muslim, or calls, or refers to, his faith as Islam, or preaches or propagates his faith, or invites others to accept his faith, by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representations, or in any manner whatsoever outrages the...

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