Pakistan: Driver slits Hindu doctor's throat, arrested
The driver of a known dermatologist, Dr. Dharam Dev Raathi, from Pakistan's Hyderabad allegedly murdered him by slashing his throat with a knife on Tuesday. Raathi's cook told police that the two had an altercation on their way home. The accused, Hanif Leghari, then fled with Raathi's car after the murder. He was arrested from his home in Khairpur on Wednesday.
Accused grabbed a knife from the kitchen to kill Raathi
Heartbreaking: Sindh Assembly member on the incident
Offering her condolences, Faryal Talpur, the president of the women's wing of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and a member of Sindh's Provincial Assembly, called the incident, which occurred during the Hindu festival of Holi as "heartbreaking." Notably, Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT), an Islamist student group, attacked and injured around 15 Hindu students at Lahore's Punjab University for celebrating Holi on Monday.
No communal angle found yet
No communal angle has been established in this case so far contrary to CNN-News18's report terming the incident as "Hindu hate." While Pakistan is a Muslim-majority country, it has a significant Hindu population of 4.5 million, as per the country's 2017 census. In spite of this, it has a bad reputation for its treatment of minorities with frequent attacks by extremist groups.
Media reports, social media users peddled false information
Disappointingly, several media reports and social media accounts in India are propagating the incident as a case of hatred against Hindus. They claimed Leghari was enraged by Raathi's Holi celebration and killed him as revenge. However, no such information has been confirmed by the authorities.
