A man was arrested Tuesday in Pakistan after being accused of insulting the Quran, the holy book of Islam, in the conservative northwestern region of the country.The police said they were alerted of the situation after a mob allegedly wanted to lynch the man,

Humayun Ullah was taken into custody on suspicion of blasphemy, which carries the death penalty, after the angry crowd tried to grab him on a street.

Several police officials, including a senior officer, were injured on Wednesday when a mob of nearly 2,000 protesters attacked the Khazana police station on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, Pakistan. The unrest was sparked by allegations of a man desecrating the Holy Quran during a domestic dispute.