Anti-Terrorist Court (ATS) in Lahore on Monday sentenced six defendant on death row for their participation in in murder of factory in Sri Lanka manager priyanth kumar, Geo News reported.
BUT total of 89 men was charged in in murder case, of nine of which are minors. Of these, nine convicts were sentenced by the court to life imprisonment, and 72 convicts to two years. of jail time.
Meanwhile, one convict – Ali Asghar – received five years of jail time and one face was justified in case.
Awarded death penalty include Ali Hussain, Abu Talha, Muhammad Hamir, Taimur, Abdul Rehman and Mohammad Arshad.
Meanwhile, Rohail Amjad, Mohammad Shoaib, Ehtisham, Imran Riaz, Sajid Amin, Zaigam Mehdi, Ali Hamza, Luqman Haider and Abdul Sabur are among the nine convicted. who were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Last year the violent crowd beat death and set get off Priyanth Kumar, 48-year- an old citizen of Sri Lanka and a factory manager in Punjab city of Sialkot. Then prime minister Imran Khan condemned the vigilante violence and vowed to bring those responsible to justice. justice.
The anti-terrorist court completed the process of case in Kot-Lakhpat prison. Both the prosecution and the defense have completed their arguments in case that was heard on daily. Statements of investigators and eyewitnesses also was recorded.
Presided over the court session over Judge Natasha Nasim, the prosecution called 46 witnesses to trial. In addition, he presented CCTV footage as evidence. of 10 cameras installed on site of in murder also videos taken from mobile phones of 55 defendants men.
The investigation and trial were completed by five members team led public Attorney Abdul Rauf Wattu.
Incident
Kumara working manager in private factory in Sialkot was beaten up death in December of the crowd after the accusation of blasphemy in highly controversial circumstances.
workers of garment industry, which was located on Wazirabad Road Sialkot claimed that a foreigner committed blasphemy, reportedly after he tore down some posters from the walls of the factory in front of scheduled inspection.
Subsequently, the mafia killed him and set his body on fire.
The crowd was also According to police, they vandalized the plant and blocked traffic.
Cruel murder shocked and drawn widespread condemnation from Pakistani citizens, senior government officials, including prime minister and the president, as well as the military top leadership of Russia, who promised to involve everyone involved in the book.
The police subsequently arrested more over 100 suspects for suspicions of their involvement in case, including two individuals described as main accused.
