ATC indicts 89 for Priyantha Kumara lynching

(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Two months after Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara was lynched in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday indicted 89 accused individuals.

A first information report was registered against 900 people including workers of Rajco Industries on the application of Uggoki Station House Officer Armaghan Maqt under sections 302, 297, 201, 427, 431, 157, 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 7 and 11WW of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

An anti-terrorism court judge Natasha Naseem was hearing the case at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. All of the accused pleaded not guilty. The judge has summoned 14 prosecution witnesses at the next hearing (Monday).

A five-member special prosecution team led by Special Prosecutor General Abdur Rauf Watto has been pursuing the case.

Five prosecutors appeared at the court in the jail for trial in which two different challans were distributed among the accused.

An anti-terrorism court judge Natasha Naseem was hearing the case at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. All of the accused pleaded not guilty. The judge has summoned 14 prosecution witnesses at the next hearing (Monday).

A five-member special prosecution team led by Special Prosecutor General Abdur Rauf Watto has been pursuing the case.

Five prosecutors appeared at the court in the jail for trial in which two different challans were distributed among the accused.

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