Lahore (HRNW) The Punjab police have arrested 120 men, including 13 prime suspects, for murdering and burning the body of a Sri Lankan national over alleged blasphemy charges in Sialkot, Punjab Inspector-General Rao Sardar Ali Khan said Saturday afternoon.
At a press conference in Lahore, Rao and Punjab government spokesperson Hassan Khawar briefed journalists and media on the investigations into the case.
On December 3, a mob of approximately 800 factory workers tortured the victim, beat him to death, and then burnt his body in the middle of the road. The man was the general manager of the sports goods manufacturing unit of the factory.
“During the last 24 hours, we have conducted raids in over 200 areas of the city and arrested nearly 120 men,” IG Rao said. “These include 13 suspects whose confessional videos have been circulating on social media.”
The spokesperson of Punjab revealed that the police have obtained 12-hour CCTV footage of the attack from 100 cameras installed at the site. “We have sent the videos for a forensic examination.”
He said that the post-mortem of the victim has been conducted and the body has been handed over to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry. “Prime Minister Imran Khan and CM Usman Buzdar are overseeing the investigations themselves.”
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