Lynching of Mashal Khan, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Pakistani student killed by a mob
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About Lynching of Mashal Khan
- Mashal Khan (Pashto: ???? ????) was a Pashtun and Muslim student at the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan who was killed by an angry mob in the premises of the university on 13 April 2017, over allegations of posting blasphemous content online.
- Following investigations, the Inspector General Police later stated "We did not find any concrete evidence under which [a blasphemy] investigation or legal action can be launched against Mashal, Abdullah or Zubair".
- Mashal's friend Abdullah stated to the police in writing that both Mashal and Abdullah were devout Muslims, but were actively denouncing mismanagement by the university and had previously led protests against it.
- Following the death of Khan, at least 61 suspects were identified.
- 57 of the 61 suspected were arrested and sentenced on 7 February 2018.
- 1 culprit was awarded death penalty, 5 were awarded life-time imprisonment and 25 other culprits were awarded 4 years jail sentence.
- 26 suspects were acquitted in the case because of lack of evidence.
- 4 suspects were on the run, who later surrendered to the police on June 2018.
- Later on 21 March 2019, two more culprits in Mashal Khan case were awarded life imprisonment by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).
- Mashal Khan's father, speaking to media on 21 March 2019, claimed that he was satisfied with Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) verdict.
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