GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday extended physical remand of 79 suspects of the Sialkot lynching case.
Police produced the lynching accused of a Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara, in the court after completion of their 14 days physical remand period. Stringent security measures were taken with deployment of large contingents of police around the ATC premises in Gujranwala.
The court granted 14 days physical remand of the accused ordered the police to produce them on February 14. Police said that seven suspects have already been sent to jail on judicial remand. Priyantha Kumara, a 49-year-old Sri Lankan national, was lynched by a mob of workers at a factory on December 3, where he was working as manager. A first information report (FIR) was registered against hundreds of unidentified men, including workers of the factory.