INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan awarded death sentences to six accused over their role in the lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha
Kumara at a Sialkot factory, Pakistani reported on Monday.As per details, the verdict was anno-1'verafter hearing of the high-profile
lynching case concluded at the Kot Lakhpat prison
Statements of more than 60 suspects were recorded in the lynching case.ATC in its verdict in the Priyantha Kumara case awarded death
sentences to six, 14-year-jail to seven others and two years of punishment to the other 76 accused of their alleged role in the case.The
Punjab government and the prosecution team in December decided to conduct the jail trial of the high-profile case due to security
Naseem led the proceedings into the case.Priyantha Kumara, a 49-year-old Sri Lankan national, was lynched by a mob of workers at a factory
on December 3, where he was working as a manager.The incident led to outrage and then prime minister Imran Khan had condemned the vigilante
viole1'v and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.A first information report (FIR) was registered against hundreds of unidentified
men, including workers of the factory.A total of 89 men were indicted in the murder case, of which nine are minors.Both the prosecution and
the defe1'v had concluded their arguments in the case heard on a daily basis.The statements of the investigation officers and eyewitnesses
public prosecutor Abdul Rauf Wattoo.--Agen'ies
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