COLOMBO: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka has condemned the lynching incident that took place in Sialkot yesterday that we are shocked at the killing of our citizen in Pakistan and our sympathies with the family of Priyantha Kumara.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a tweet wrote that the people and government of Sri Lanka have confidence in Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan that will bring those responsible for the Sialkot incident to justice.
Shocking to see the brutal and fatal attack on Priyantha Diyawadana by extremist mobs in #Pakistan. My heart goes out to his wife and family. #SriLanka and her people are confident that PM @ImranKhanPTI will keep to his commitment to bring all those involved to justice.
— Mahinda Rajapaksa (@PresRajapaksa) December 4, 2021
Sialkot tragedy
Priyantha Kumara, general manager of production of Rajco Industries, was killed in Sialkot on Friday on charges of blasphemy. The enraged mob first brutally beat the victim and beat him to death with sticks, then dragged his body to the streets and set on fire on the road. The enraged people claimed that the victim was killed for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
Priyantha Kumara
Priyantha Kumara, a factory manager killed in Sialkot, was from Sri Lanka and is survived by his wife and two children. Kumara had been working in a factory in Sialkot for about 10 years and his family had been with him till a year ago. He was living in Sialkot but his wife and children had migrated from Pakistan to Sri Lanka a year ago.
