'Most-wanted’ suspect arrested over lynching of Priyantha Kumara

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Police have arrested the most wanted accused Imtiaz alias Billi, who was involved in the gruesome murder of Priyantha Kumara and desecrating his body, the Punjab Police announced on its official Twitter handle.

The fugitive who had been constantly escaping police raids was finally arrested from a Rawalpindi-bound bus, it added.

The arrest takes the number of apprehended prime suspects in the case to 27, including the one who plotted to assassinate the Sri Lankan manager, increasing the total number of in-custody suspects to 132.

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BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:04 AM

Good job Pakistan. Thousands of Tamil families in Sri Lanka are still waiting for justice from the gruesome murder of their family members in 1983 riots. In this incident in 1983, whole families were torched alive while they were inside vehicles.

Ramesh Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:49 AM

Sri lankan police can get their training form Pakistani police instead of going all the way to Scotland.

Srilal Galapitiya Tuesday, 07 December 2021 12:16 PM

Here we go blah blah blah. Why don't emigrate to Canada.

Not_emigration Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:51 PM

@ Srilal; No one is discussing emigration here. Are you one of those perpetrators of something similar? Please don't downplay such incidents. This is not the time for it.

Jude Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:14 AM

What's The point !??? All the hoopla until they brutally kill the next person!! Huh

Citizen k Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:30 AM

Well done pakistan police.

joshua Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:33 AM

swift action to nab the culprits. Hope the punishments are severe for these morons

M Rahama Tuesday, 07 December 2021 11:26 AM

We should not take part in future ICC sponsored cricket matches playing in Pakistan , This is the second time violence happened against Sri Lanka nationals in Pakistan.. First time against our cricket team now this. They are religious lunatics. Isolate them from rest of the world.

Surain Tuesday, 07 December 2021 11:31 AM

What is the use when over 500 people were encouraging, happily filming

Tariq Tuesday, 07 December 2021 11:36 AM

A shame for Sri Lankan law enforcement and judiciary systems, where the criminals are still running free. There is a popular saying, a country's law enforcement is as strong as its government.

Thimothy joseph Tuesday, 07 December 2021 12:05 PM

Well done... Give him the maximum punishment so that even on a mob attack the hooligans know that they will be arrested. Did Sri Lanka Police arrest the Moda Sara the same way after leading so many atrocities...

Sara Tuesday, 07 December 2021 12:23 PM

Swift action taken by Pakistan Police. But they failed to come to the incident on time.

Lanka Tuesday, 07 December 2021 12:35 PM

This is good and justice must be done in this case. We should promote unconditional justice for all. No victim should suffer

amy Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:04 PM

focal point is whether execution takes place or not. In the past court set all the accused free in blasphemy case in Pakistan. the family must be compensated.

Leo Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:41 PM

Lazy Pakistani workers set up a scheme to kill their boss, because he was strict on those lazy employees. This has nothing to do with blasphemy, but they could not cope up with hard work.

ganesan Tuesday, 07 December 2021 03:42 PM

Hey Srilal Galpitiya- truth of 1983 is bitter and hurts isn't Why do you want someone to migrate to Canada for speaking the truth

Kps Tuesday, 07 December 2021 07:31 PM

How about the Main suspect and mastermind behind our Easter Sunday Mass killings?

Fahim Hameed Tuesday, 07 December 2021 08:18 PM

The International Community must come together and pass a law that permits governments to shoot at sight on mobs of any kind of violence.

Fahim Hameed Tuesday, 07 December 2021 08:20 PM

I have no respect for any country that can not protect an individual from a mob.

Dr Sajid Ali Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:53 PM

I am a Pakistani Citizen of a backward area, but Trust me every Pakistani feels asham of the brutal kiling of Priyantha Kumara. We are really sorry for this. We are with you not with the wild animals who did this.

DillonDP Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:59 PM

Any stories sold is bought

Scot-free Tuesday, 07 December 2021 11:07 PM

How could the SL people forget that a SL national, who murdered a foreign woman in Sri Lanka went scot-free, not too long ago.

Nizam Wednesday, 08 December 2021 04:38 PM

The Sharia Law should be enforced and criminals should be dealt with accordingly.

Justice seeker Sunday, 12 December 2021 10:24 PM

The innocent carpenter from Kottaramulla was dragged and chopped to death before his children and engine oil was poured over his dying body in May 2019 by racist mobs. None of them was apprehended and punished. Just as the Pakistani murder was gruesome this too was. But we see a stark difference between the two how the authorities of the two countries dealt with the criminals. We do have a holier than thou attitude.

Punchi Banda Friday, 31 December 2021 06:27 PM

When we kill for Buddha and the Shinhala people it is right ? When the Islamist Muslim Pakistani kills a shinhalo for Allah why is it not right ? Interestingly rarely Christians kill for their religion and we never hear of Christian mobs attacking Muslims in retribution for Islamist Muslim terrorism

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