A mob in Pakistan thrashed a Sri Lankan nationwide to dying earlier than burning the physique of a Sri Lankan nationwide on Friday over alleged blasphemy within the nation’s Punjab province.
A Punjab Police official informed PTI that Priyanta Kumara was working as a common supervisor in a manufacturing unit in Sialkot district, about 100 km from right here.
“Mr Kumara allegedly tore up a poster of the radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) inscribed Quranic verses and threw it in the dustbin. An Islamic party poster was pasted on the wall adjacent to Kumara’s office. Some factory workers saw him removing the poster and spread the word in the factory,” mentioned the official.
Hundreds of individuals outraged by the blasphemy incident began gathering exterior the manufacturing unit from the encircling areas. Most of them have been TLP activists and supporters.
Police officers stand guard exterior a morgue the place the physique of a Sri Lankan nationwide is stored in Sialkot, Pakistan, Friday, December 3, 2021. (AP)
“The mob dragged the suspect (Sri Lankan national) from the factory and tortured him severely. After he succumbed to his wounds, the mob burnt his body before the police could reach there,” mentioned the officer.
Several movies have been circulated on social media which confirmed tons of of individuals gathered across the physique of the Sri Lankan nationwide. They have been elevating TLP slogans.
The Imran Khan authorities just lately lifted the ban on it after signing a secret pact with the TLP, which was adopted by its chief Saad Rizvi and over 1,500 activists.
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In return, the TLP ended its week-long sit-in in Punjab after withdrawing its demand for the removing of the French ambassador over the difficulty of blasphemous cartoons in France.
Sialkot District Police Officer Omar Saeed Malik informed reporters that heavy police power has been deployed within the space to manage the scenario after the Sri Lankan nationwide was lynched.
Mob thrashes Sri Lankan citizen to dying over ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan, burns his physique
I’m deeply shocked by the horrific incident in Sialkot. I’ve instructed the IG police for an intensive investigation. No one is allowed to take the regulation into his personal fingers. Rest assured, these concerned on this inhuman act won’t be spared!!
– Usman Buzdar (Usman Ekebujdar) 3 December 2021
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar termed it as a really unhappy incident and ordered the Inspector General of Police to research the matter and submit a report inside 24 hours.
“Every facet of the incident ought to be investigated and a report submitted. Action ought to be taken towards those that take regulation into their very own fingers.
Chief Minister mentioned in an announcement.
The scenario within the space is tense whereas all factories are closed. Police mentioned that no arrest has been made to this point.
Pakistan has strict legal guidelines towards defaming Islam, together with the dying penalty, and rights campaigners say they’re typically used to settle private disputes within the Muslim-majority nation.
The US authorities advisory panel report mentioned that Pakistan used extra blasphemy legal guidelines than some other nation on this planet.
Mere allegations of blasphemy have triggered violence towards minorities comparable to Christians.
In current years many individuals accused of blasphemy have been murdered by mobs.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
