MULTAN – A violent crowd took part in an apparent lynching in Tulamba, Khanewal district on Saturday, beating a man to death and then hanging his body from a tree, police said.
The harrowing incident comes two months after a Lankan factory manager was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob in Sialkot over alleged blasphemy.
Reports in local media said the man was accused of desecrating the Holy Quran. Local police reportedly allowed the accused to leave the police station in order to prevent themselves.
An eyewitness claimed that a police team reached the area before the incident and held the suspect but the violent crown took him away from police custody.
The middle-aged man was then dragged to a nearby location, where a crowd of people tortured him to death and the law enforcers remained silent. In dreadful clips shared on social sites, the deceased can be seen being thrown down on the floor where scores of people can be seen thrashing him.
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Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar took notice of the incident and sought a report from the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) and ordered an inquiry into the incident and stern action against those involved in the killing.
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Following the orders of the top provincial administration, at least 62 suspects, including the prime accused, have been taken into custody in connection with a lynching of a man who was aid to be ‘mentally challenged’.
In an initial report, IGP Rao Sardar said a terrorism case was registered against 300 unknown suspects whereas 33 persons were nominated in the case as well. More than 100 raids were conducted while forensic analysis is underway to identify suspects from viral clips.
