[1][2][3][4] According to police, few people saw burnt pages of Quran in a garbage bin near the home of Hindu man on the night of March 15.

The home of the Hindu youth who was accused of burning the book was surrounded as well, which prompted the security forces to fire warning shots and teargas shells.

[7] Local sources report that the alleged blasphemer had recently moved into house rented from Muslim family and had mistakenly burnt the book.

[4] While additional contingents of police and rangers were deployed in the affected areas, pillion riding on bike has been banned.

[7] Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked the Sindh Government to take steps to protect minorities and expressed profound grief on the incident.