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Anti-terrorism court in Pak sentences 6 people to death for lynching of Sri Lankan

The Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore also handed down two-year sentence each to remaining 67 other suspects.  

Reported by: PTI Islamabad Published on: April 18, 2022 22:53 IST
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Businessmen put candles and rose petals next to the portrait of a Sri Lankan manager of a sports equipment factory, as they pay tribute to him outside the office of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Sialkot 

 

Highlights

  • Sri Lankan Lynching case: Anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Punjab sentenced six people to death.
  • Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore also handed down two-year sentence each to remaining 67 other suspects.
  • The judge, however, did not announce the verdict of nine juveniles, whose trial is yet to be done.

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday sentenced six people to death and seven others to life imprisonment for their involvement in the lynching of a Sri Lankan national over alleged blasphemy.

The Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore also handed down two-year sentence each to remaining 67 other suspects.

Judge Natasha Nasim, who held the trial proceedings in-camera inside the high-security Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, on a day-to-day basis, announced the verdict in the presence of the suspects.

The judge, however, did not announce the verdict of nine juvenile suspects, whose trial is yet to be completed.

A mob of over 800 men including supporters of hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) allegedly attacked a garment factory and lynched its general manager Priyantha Kumara, 47, and burned his body over allegations of blasphemy on December 3, in Sialkot district, some 100 kms from provincial capital Lahore.

The incident saw widespread outrage and condemnation across Pakistan with politicians, scholars and civil society members calling for swift punishment to be meted out to the perpetrators.

Also Read | Pakistan lynching case: Lynched Sri Lankan citizen’s nearly all bones broken, 99% body burnt, says report

ALSO READ | Pakistan lynching case: Over 800 booked under terrorism charges, 118 arrested

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