(September 22, 2012) A Pakistani police official says no incriminating evidence
has been found that a young Christian girl desecrated Islam's holy book. Munir Jaffery
said his final report filed with an Islamabad court Saturday showed there is indication
that the cleric of a nearby mosque tampered with evidence by putting pages of a Quran
into a shopping bag that Rimsha Masih had been carrying. The case gained huge attention
because of the girl's age and questions about her mental capacity. It was also a
rare instance where someone was held responsible for an apparently false accusation.
Officials arrested the imam, and the girl was freed on bail. The final police report
backs earlier revelations and will likely bolster the defence’s plans to have the
entire case thrown out.