Pakistani police said today (September 2, 2012) that a Muslim cleric planted torn Quran pages in a Christian girl's bag to be used as evidence to link the girl to blasphemy, according to the CNN website.
The imam, Khalid Jadoon Chishti, will himself face blasphemy charges for tearing pages out of a Quran to use as evidence against the girl, Islamabad police chief Bin Yamin said.
This development may make it easier for the girl, 14-year-old Rimsha, to be released on bail at her next court hearing.
Police arrested Rimsha last month after a neighbor accused her of burning pages containing texts from the Muslim holy book. She had gathered the paper as fuel for cooking, authorities said.
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