Pakistani Police have arrested more than a hundred people in connection with the murder of a Sri Lankan national accused of blasphemy.
Security forces have detained between 110 and 145 peopleAccording to police sources to the DPA agency and the newspaper ‘Dawn’, for the brutal death of Priyantha Kumara, manager of a clothing factory in Sialkot who this past Friday was beaten to death and his body was burned by his employees.
In reaction to “horrible attack of the vigilantes“Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Jan described Friday as a”shame day“for the country.” I am supervising the investigations and that there is no error, all those responsible will be punished with the maximum severity of the law. The arrests are in progress, “he made known on his Twitter account.
Even Islamist groups such as Tehrik Labaik Pakistan, promoter of anti-blasphemy laws in the country, have condemned the incident, in whose investigation the diplomatic authorities of Sri Lanka are also participating.
Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission, in a statement, demanded an immediate and transparent investigation into the incident, saying that not only should the perpetrators be brought to justice, but the state should also end its collusion with elements of extreme right.
“The unthinkable savagery with which a Sialkot mob has tortured a Sri Lankan man to death and burned his body over flimsy charges of blasphemy should bring home once and for all the stark reality of spiraling radicalization in Pakistan. Unfortunately, the state’s response has been Coward at best and accomplice at worst, “he lamented.
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