The 14-year-old mentally challenged Christian girl, who was accused of blasphemy that triggered world-wide outcry, was released today from a Pakistani jail on bail and was taken to an unknown location through a helicopter.
Under strict security arrangements, Rimsha was transferred to the helicopter via a bullet-proof car on being released.
The additional district and sessions judge had granted bail to Rimsha yesterday against two bonds of Rs five lakh
each. She could not be freed yesterday as the court’s order reached police after office hours.
The next hearing of Rimsha’s case will be held in the middle of this month.
The court has directed the Islamabad police chief to appoint a capable officer to investigate her case.
Rimsha was arrested from the low-income Islamabad suburb of Mehria Jaffar on August 16 on charges of burning papers containing verses from the Quran.
She was charged under Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws.
The case against her collapsed after a man told police that the imam of the mosque in Rimsha’s neighbourhood had
planted evidence that was used to implicate her.
The imam was subsequently arrested.
———————–PTI