LAHORE: Punjab government has notified to shift the trial of Priyantha Kumara lynching case to the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore with a special prosecution team designated to plead the case against multiple suspects from a Sialkot factory.
Priyantha Kumara, a 49-year-old Sri Lankan national, was lynched by a mob at a factory in Sialkot on December 3, where he worked as manager.
According to a notification issued from the provincial government, the case trial will now be held inside the Kot Lakhpat Jail owing to its sensitivity after being transferred from Sialkot.
A three-member special prosecution team headed by Abdul Rauf Watto will proceed with the case and has been directed to submit a progress report on the case on regular basis to prosecutor general Punjab.
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The sources in the prosecution department shared the development came after the case has entered into final phases.
It is pertinent to mention here that the first conviction in the Priyantha Kumara lynching case has come from the anti-terrorism court (ATC) where a suspect has been awarded one-year imprisonment.
