Colombo: Family of Sri Lankan citizen Priyanta Kumara Diyavadan, which was thrashed to death by the mob Pakistan After allegations of blasphemy, his remains are eagerly awaited to be brought here today.
In a shocking incident last Friday, supporters of the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a garment factory in Pakistan’s Sialkot and killed its general manager. dance, 49, before setting his body on fire over blasphemy charges.
“I’m waiting for his remains to pay my last respects,” said his wife. Nilushi Disanayake told reporters here.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday announced that the national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, would bring Diyawdana’s remains here on Monday at the cost of the state.
According to the postmortem report, in this horrific incident of lynching, almost all the bones of Diyavdana were broken and her body was burnt up to 99 percent.
Nilushi said that Diyavdana had moved to Pakistan in 2011 after getting a job as a mechanical engineer in a garment factory in Faisalabad. A year later, he joined Rajco Industries in Sialkot as General Manager and was the only Sri Lankan national to work in the factory.
The couple have two sons aged 14 and 9 and have not seen their father since 2019 as he was unable to visit their country due to the COVID pandemic.
The eldest son said he spoke to his father on the phone on Thursday night and they are looking forward to visiting his home next year.
Diyavadana’s elder brother Kamalasiri was also working in Pakistan earlier. They were living at a distance of 250 km from each other but were in contact. He said that he was not aware whether his brother had faced any threat in Pakistan.
Diyavdana was born in 1972. He graduated from Peradeniya University in Kandy in 2002 and worked in the private sector of the island before his job in Pakistan.
Sri Lankan Parliament and prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse Saturday condemned the lynchings and expressed hope that his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan will keep his commitment to bring all those involved to justice and ensure the safety of the rest of the migrant workers of the island nation.
The incident drew widespread condemnation in both Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The police were also reprimanded when they reached the spot after the incident. In one of the videos, only a few policemen can be seen asking people to stop while the bodies are being burnt.
As pressure mounts on the Pakistani government to bring the culprits to justice, over 800 people have been booked on terrorism charges, while 13 of the 118 people arrested so far in the gruesome incident in Punjab province The prime suspects are involved.
Mob killing on charges of blasphemy is very common in Pakistan, where the crime can carry the death penalty.
A university student was thrashed to death by an angry mob in April 2017. Mashal Khan When he was accused of posting blasphemous material online.
In Punjab, a Christian couple was lynched to death in 2014 and then set on fire in a kiln. Quran,
In a shocking incident last Friday, supporters of the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a garment factory in Pakistan’s Sialkot and killed its general manager. dance, 49, before setting his body on fire over blasphemy charges.
“I’m waiting for his remains to pay my last respects,” said his wife. Nilushi Disanayake told reporters here.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday announced that the national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, would bring Diyawdana’s remains here on Monday at the cost of the state.
According to the postmortem report, in this horrific incident of lynching, almost all the bones of Diyavdana were broken and her body was burnt up to 99 percent.
Nilushi said that Diyavdana had moved to Pakistan in 2011 after getting a job as a mechanical engineer in a garment factory in Faisalabad. A year later, he joined Rajco Industries in Sialkot as General Manager and was the only Sri Lankan national to work in the factory.
The couple have two sons aged 14 and 9 and have not seen their father since 2019 as he was unable to visit their country due to the COVID pandemic.
The eldest son said he spoke to his father on the phone on Thursday night and they are looking forward to visiting his home next year.
Diyavadana’s elder brother Kamalasiri was also working in Pakistan earlier. They were living at a distance of 250 km from each other but were in contact. He said that he was not aware whether his brother had faced any threat in Pakistan.
Diyavdana was born in 1972. He graduated from Peradeniya University in Kandy in 2002 and worked in the private sector of the island before his job in Pakistan.
Sri Lankan Parliament and prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse Saturday condemned the lynchings and expressed hope that his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan will keep his commitment to bring all those involved to justice and ensure the safety of the rest of the migrant workers of the island nation.
The incident drew widespread condemnation in both Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The police were also reprimanded when they reached the spot after the incident. In one of the videos, only a few policemen can be seen asking people to stop while the bodies are being burnt.
As pressure mounts on the Pakistani government to bring the culprits to justice, over 800 people have been booked on terrorism charges, while 13 of the 118 people arrested so far in the gruesome incident in Punjab province The prime suspects are involved.
Mob killing on charges of blasphemy is very common in Pakistan, where the crime can carry the death penalty.
A university student was thrashed to death by an angry mob in April 2017. Mashal Khan When he was accused of posting blasphemous material online.
In Punjab, a Christian couple was lynched to death in 2014 and then set on fire in a kiln. Quran,
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