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Sialkot Lynching
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Sialkot lynching: Sri Lankan national's remains sent to Colombo

| @indiablooms | Dec 06, 2021, at 11:05 pm

Sialkot: The remains of the Sri Lankan national who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan's Sialkot reghion last week over blasphemy allegation has been sent to his nation.

The Sri Lankan embassy officials arrived at the hospital to escort Kumara's body to the airport and laid flowers over it, reports Geo News.

Priyantha's last rites will be performed upon arrival of his body in Sri Lanka, the Pakistan news channel reported.

The lynching incident took place on Wazirabad Road in Sialkot on Friday.

The Sri Lankan, identified as Priyantha Kumara, was a senior manager at a leading Sialkot factory that manufactures and exports sports products.

A frenzied mob in Sialkot in Pakistan tortured a Sri Lankan factory manager to death and then burnt his body in public allegedly over allegations of blasphemy.

Several people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.

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