Police in Pakistan’s Sindh province have arrested a shopkeeper who sold shoes with sacred Hindu word ‘Om’ inscribed on them and seized the offensive footwears following protests by the country’s minority community.
“The shopkeeper was arrested and the shoes in question have also been confiscated,” said Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) patron-in-chief Ramesh Kumar Vankwani.
Vankwani said police have found that the controversial shoes were purchased from a manufacturer in lahore and Punjab police were being approached for taking action against them.
It is unethical and highly immoral to insult any religion, either of a minority or majority, he said in a statement.