Sri Lanka
Trial of accused in Sri Lankan man's lynching to be held in jail
Sialkot (Pakistan)/UNI: The Punjab government and the prosecution have decided to conduct the trial of the suspects arrested in the brutal lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in jail.
The decision was taken at a meeting on Friday to “maintain the law and order situation in the province”.
The jail management has been instructed to ensure all arrangements for the trial are completed on time.
The police have been directed to complete the case challan at the earliest, Samaa reported.
On Friday, a special prosecution team from Lahore reached Sialkot. It met the police and visited the Rajco Industries factory, the site of the lynching.
The team went through the CCTV footage collected by the police as well.
So far, the police have arrested 131 men, of whom over 30 have been declared prime suspects. They were identified via CCTV footage and mobile data.
Priyantha Kumara was tortured, beaten to death, and then set on fire by a mob of more than 800 people over alleged blasphemy accusations in the Wazirabad neighbourhood in Sialkot.
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