Fifty people have been arrested in connection with this week 's killing of a Christian couple who were beaten and pushed into a burning kiln in eastern Pakistan , a police official said Thursday . Investigators believe the 50 were part of a mob that killed the couple Tuesday after the pair were accused of desecrating the Quran , said Bin Yameen , a police official in the Kasur District in Punjab province . Police said the attack in the village of Kot Radha Kishan came after a local mullah declared the couple were guilty of blasphemy . The mob allegedly marched to the couple 's home , broke down their door , dragged them outside , beat them and threw them into the brick kiln where they both worked . Police officials identified the woman as Shyman Bibi Urf Shamar , and her husband as Sajjad Nasir Zurjah Nazir Nasir . The village is about 60 kilometers ( 37 miles ) southwest of Lahore , the capital of Punjab . The province 's government will pay the couple 's family 5 million Pakistani rupees -- about $ 49,000 -- as compensation for their deaths , the province 's chief minister , Shahbaz Sharif , said in a news release . The government also will give the family 10 acres of land , Sharif said . Desecration of the Quran is punishable by death or life imprisonment under Pakistan 's anti-blasphemy law . Human rights groups have long urged the country to repeal the law , arguing that it has led to discrimination , persecution and murder . Woman takes blasphemy law to Pakistan 's highest court . The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said it sent a team to the village , and that the team `` did not come across any evidence of desecration of the Holy Quran . '' The commission said that the couple had three young children -- two sons and a daughter -- and also indicated that the slain woman was pregnant . But a postmortem examination later revealed no evidence that she was pregnant , CNN affiliate GEO News reported . Pakistan 's anti-blasphemy law often is used to settle personal vendettas , rights groups say , and people accused of the committing the crime are frequently targeted by mob violence . That , according to the HRCP , appeared to be the situation in Kot Radha Kishan , and that the incident stemmed with a dispute over money the kiln 's owners said the couple owed them . An accusation that the couple had desecrated the Quran `` was spread to nearby villages and announcements ( were ) made through mosque loudspeakers , '' the HRCP said . The mob that went to the kiln was estimated at around 500 people , the rights group said , citing local police . The HRCP said its team learned that four policemen went to the kiln to demand that the couple be handed over for protection from the mob , but that the owners `` instructed their employees not to hand the couple over and the policemen were also beaten up . '' The kiln 's owners were among those arrested , the rights group said , quoting police . Pakistani newlyweds decapitated by bride 's family in honor killing .
Police : Mob attacked Christian couple Tuesday at the kiln where they worked . They were beaten and thrown into the burning kiln . Rights group calls it a `` callous murder '' Provincial government says it will give family approximately $ 49,000 .