Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Sunday took notice of the mob lynching incident in the Mian Channu area of Khanewal district.
In a tweet, he directed the Punjab police inspector general (IG) to submit a report on action taken against perpetrators involved in lynching and police officials who failed in their duty.
We have zero tolerance for anyone taking the law into their own hands & mob lynchings will be dealt with full severity of the law. Have asked Punjab IG for report on action taken against perpetrators of the lynching in MIan Channu & against the police who failed in their duty.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 13, 2022
PM said the government has zero tolerance for anyone taking the law into his hands and mob lynching will be dealt ‘with full severity of the law’.
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A man was stoned to death by a mob over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran in Jungle Dera village of Khanewal district on Saturday.
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It was the first such killing after an identical incident in Sialkot, where a Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara was lynched by factory workers on December 3, 2021, for alleged blasphemy.
