Pakistan: Tortured for getting water from mosque, Hindu family says attackers were from Imran Khan’s PTI

A Hindu family has allegedly been tortured and held hostage in Pakistan's Punjab province for fetching water from a mosque. The victim has also alleged that the attackers were related to a local parliamentarian of Prime Minister Imran Khan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Fetching drinking water from a mosque in Pakistan's Punjab province landed a family of poor farmers from the minority Hindu community in trouble as some people tortured and held them hostage for “violating the sanctity” of their place of worship, a media report said on Monday.

The family alleged that the attackers to a politician relation to Imran Khan's ruling Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.