The brother of Priyantha Kumara, who was assassinated in Pakistan, says that every person in the world should have the right to live freely.
Commenting on the death of his brother, Kamal Kumara said this.
The body of Priyantha Kumara who was killed in Pakistan is due to be brought to Sri Lanka this evening (06).
According to Pakistani media reports, 235 people, including the prime suspect in the case, have been arrested by the Sialkot Police and preliminary investigations have been filed against 900 of them.
Mr. Kumara called on the Government of Sri Lanka as well as the Government of Pakistan to give maximum punishment to the perpetrators of this incident which has caused a great deal of controversy.
He further stated that such tragic incidents cannot be tolerated anywhere in the world.
Commenting on this, Mr. Kamal Kumara said,
"We lost our brother. No matter what, a human being's life is irrevocable, so it should not happen anywhere in the world. If we do not work, the people of the world will have the right to live freely with their own thoughts and desires. These are not acceptable anywhere, nor are they acceptable in our own country or in any other country. , Help poor families and hope to do what our religion can do to help him get a good soul without facing such inhuman trouble in the next life. I urge those who can, to join us. "
Blasphemy carries the death penalty in Pakistan. International and domestic rights groups say that accusations of blasphemy have often been used to intimidate religious minorities and settle personal scores.
Punjab's chief minister Usman Buzdar took to Twitter, saying he had ordered a probe into the killing of the Sri Lankan in Sialkot. The Pakistani prime minister’s special adviser on religious affairs and religious harmony, Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, condemned the killing in a statement. He promised a stern punishment for those who attacked and killed the Sri Lankan.
Friday's latest attack comes less than a week after a Muslim mob burned a police station and four police posts in northwest Pakistan after officers refused to hand over a mentally unstable man accused of desecrating Islam’s holy book, the Quran. No officers were hurt in the attacks in Charsadda, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan's government has been under pressure for the past several decades to change the country's blasphemy laws. However, Islamists in the country have strongly resisted such demands.
A Punjab governor in Islamabad was also shot and killed by his own guard in 2011, after he defended a Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy. She was acquitted after spending eight years on death row and, receiving threats, left Pakistan for Canada to join her family.
Associated Press Writer Asim Tanveer contributed from Multan, Pakistan
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