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Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has constituted a committee to probe the Christian girl Rimsha Masih blasphemy case. Malik has directed Senior Superintendent of Police Tahir Alam, the head of the committee, to hand in a report daily to the judicial magistrate, while the chief commissioner has been ordered to cooperate with the ulema during the investigations, reports The Express Tribune. Rimsha, believed to be around 14 years of age, and reportedly suffering from some mental disability, was allegedly seen burning pages inscribed with Quranic verses. The news of the desecration spread like wild fire, following which furious locals bashed up Rimsha and her mother. The police later arrested Rimsha on the demand of the locals. She has been in judicial custody since August 16. Recently, the police arrested Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, the cleric of a mosque in Rimsha's area, who first submitted the burnt papers as evidence against her. But later a witness told the police that Chishti had tampered with the evidence. Two more witnesses also recorded statements against the cleric. Chishti was then remanded into judicial custody for 14 days.

Pak committee to probe Christian girl blasphemy case