The horrifying incident of the burning of a Sri Lankan citizen, apparently belonging to the Buddhist faith, working in a factory in Sialkot, Punjab province has sent a shockwave and anger among Pakistani citizens as the victim was killed in the name of protecting the name of Islam or its Prophet (PBUH).
As reported in the mainstream and social media, the cold-blooded incident occurred at a factory located at Wazirabad Road in Sialkot city which is famous for exporting sports goods, where Sunni Muslim workers of the factory attacked the export manager of the factory and killed him inside the factory and later burnt his body.
Priyantha Kumara, 50, a Sri Lankan national has been working in a sports garments factory for the last 6 years and a local police spokesman stated that the incident started with a protest demonstration outside the factory in which a large number of protesters alleged that the Sri Lankan citizens had torn a religious poster and thrown it in the dustbin, which was termed as blasphemy by the workers of the factory.
Later, on instigation by some protesters, the mob entered the factory premises and killed Kumara. They dragged the body outside the factory premises and burned the dead in presence of police, which has arrived to control the protest.
The spokesman of Punjab Police told Independent Urdu that the crowd was huge and police personnel were in small numbers, so they failed to protect the body to be burnt.
Police said it is further investigating the incident. People have dispersed and the burnt body has been shifted to the hospital.
The gory incident of burning a foreign has received condemnations from the country and abroad. Human rights organisations including Amnesty International have condemned the incident.
