Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that there will probably be no mercy to the mob which lynched Sri Lankan nationwide Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana over allegations of blasphemy, the President’s workplace right here stated on Sunday.
Khan telephoned Rajapaksa and stated that 113 folks have been arrested up to now, it stated.
“All the videos and information related to the incident have been obtained by the Pakistani security forces,” an announcement from the President’s workplace stated.
Prime Minister Khan knowledgeable President Rajapaksa that Diyawadana, who had served in Pakistan for a very long time, had proven a excessive degree of professionalism as a supervisor.
In a stunning incident on Friday, offended supporters of the hardline Islamist occasion Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a garment manufacturing unit and lynched its common supervisor Diyawadana, who was in his 40s, earlier than setting his physique on fireplace over allegations of blasphemy.
As stress mounted on the Pakistani authorities to convey the responsible to justice, over 800 folks have been booked beneath terrorism prices whereas 13 prime suspects are amongst 118 arrested up to now within the horrific lynching of the Sri Lankan nationwide in Punjab province.
Diyawadana, a graduate from the University of Peradeniya, is survived by his spouse and two youngsters. He left for Pakistan for employment in 2010 and has been working because the supervisor of the Sialkot manufacturing unit since 2012.
He was working as the final supervisor within the Rajko industries (dealing in garments-sportswear) in Sialkot district, some 100 kilometres from Lahore.
Sri Lankan Parliament and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday condemned the lynching and hoped that Prime Minister Khan will maintain his dedication to convey all these concerned to justice and make sure the security of the remainder of the island nation’s expat employees.
“A mob of over 800 men gathered at the factory at 10 am Friday on reports that Kumara had torn a sticker/poster (inscribed with Islamic verses) and committed blasphemy. They looked out for him and found him (from the rooftop). They dragged him, beat him severely and by 11.28 am he was dead and the body was set on fire by the violent mob,” Inspector General of Police (Punjab) Rao Sardar Ali Khan stated.
The mob after burning the physique of the Sri Lankan nationwide had blocked the Wazirabad street. Police from totally different stations reached there to regulate the state of affairs, he stated.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation from all walks of life. Police had been additionally chided for reaching the crime scene after the incident. Only a few policemen may be seen in a single video asking the folks to remain again whereas the physique was burning.
Mob killings over allegations of blasphemy have been quite common in Pakistan, the place the crime can carry the dying sentence.
In April 2017, an offended mob lynched college pupil Mashal Khan when he was accused of posting blasphemous content material on-line.
A Christian couple was lynched after which set ablaze in a kiln in Punjab in 2014 after being accused of desecrating the Quran.