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The remains of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched and burnt by a mob in Sialkot, Pakistan, on Friday were flown back to Sri Lanka from Lahore&#39;s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Monday.<br />
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Kumara, an engineer and a manager at a Pakistan garments factory, was brutally killed by a mob consisting of factory workers on allegations of blasphemy. Some of the workers alleged that Kumara had torn off a poster with Quranic verses written on it which invited attacks from the mob.</p>
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Warning video: Sri Lankan manager was burnt after killing him by mob in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sialkot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sialkot</a><br />
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This is barbaric act it happens when the state surrenders to banned groups and people can misuse of blasphemy law against anyone in the country.<br />
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&mdash; Veengas (@VeengasJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/VeengasJ/status/1466731657289949189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Punjab minister for minority affairs Ejaz Alam Augustine visited the Lahore airport to see off the remains of the Sri Lankan engineer. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan&#39;s special representative on religious harmony Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Ashrafi also came to the airport.</p>
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The Sri Lankan High Commission in Islamabad tweeted: &quot;Remains of Diyawadanage Don Priyantha Kumar killed by a mob in Sialkot Pakistan was transferred from Lahore to Colombo by SriLankan Airlines this afternoon&quot;.</p>
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Transferring remains of Priyantha Kumara to Lahore Airport to be transfered by Srilankan Airlines this morning.<br />
High Commission appreciate the unstinted assistance by the Gov of Pakistan and Provincial Gov of Panjab in making this transfer possible in a such short time period. <a href="https://t.co/qjllLe4Jlc">pic.twitter.com/qjllLe4Jlc</a></p>
&mdash; Sri Lanka High Commission in Pakistan (@SLinPakistan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SLinPakistan/status/1467707449079697408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In Sri Lanka, both the government and the people were united in demanding justice for Kumara. Various organisations held demonstrations outside the Pakistan High Commission seeking justice for Kumara.<br />
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Sri Lankan newspaper <a href="https://www.dailymirror.lk/caption_story/Demanding-justice-for-Priyantha/110-226277"><em>Daily Mirror </em>carried a photo-story</a> on the protests against Pakistan in Colombo.<br />
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Under pressure from Sri Lanka and also the Pakistani civil society, the Punjab police arrested a total of 131 people related to the lynching. The gruesome incident has shaken expat Pakistanis in the US, who now fear that the nation&#39;s image will be sullied further.<br />
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Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar told <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1662247/remains-of-sialkot-lynching-victim-repatriated-to-sri-lanka-from-lahore">Pakistani newspaper <em>Dawn </em></a>: &quot;[We] equally share in the grief of the Sri Lankan government, nation and the bereaved family over the murder of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara&quot;.<br />
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The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan, Vice Admiral Mohan Wijewickrama has expressed satisfaction over Pakistan&#39;s response to Kumara&#39;s killing and said that the incident would not affect the friendly relations between the two allies.<br />
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The high commissioner added that the two governments are in discussions over compensation for Kumara&#39;s family–his wife and two young children.</p>
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