LAHORE: The dead body of Sri Lankan citizen Diyawadanage Don Nandasri Priyantha who was lynched by a mob in Sialkot was sent off to Colombo with state honours from Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore today (Monday).
Special representative of Prime Minister for religious harmony Tahir Ashrafi, Punjab Minister for Human Rights Ejaz Alam Augustine and high officials of Sri Lankan High Commission were present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, 26 suspects arrested in connection with the lynching of the Sri Lankan factory manager have been remanded into police custody.
The police presented the suspects before an anti-terrorism court today and requested their remand for interrogation.
During the hearing, the names of the suspects were called out to mark their presence. All the suspects responded to their names except for one, named Shoaib alias Gonga (speech impaired).
The investigation officer informed the court that Shoaib is speech impaired.
