The Pak Defence Minister defends the lynching of a Sri Lankan man and says it was triggered ‘Religious Emotions.

By Mrityunjoy K.Jha New Delhi Dec 6 : .

While Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured the world that perpetrators would be punished, Pervaiz Khattak, his Defence Minister, is justifying the brutal murder of Priyantha, the Sri Lankan Manager.The attack was carried out by a mob in Sialkot, on Friday.

The top minister of Imran Khan Khatak said that the lynching was justified by "angry, charged youth who were swept away with religious emotions." ""Even I can get excited and do wrong when it comes to religion," Khattak told the media that it was wrong to blame the government.

"Instead of blaming the government, it is the responsibility of the media to explain these to the people," he said.Khattak said boys do such things in the passion, which doesnt mean things are bad.The Pakistani Defence Ministers statement came just after the Prime Minister Imran Khan had conveyed to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday that the brutal act was "our nations anger and shame".He had assured Rajapaksa "that justice will be served".

"Spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today in UAE to convey our nations anger and shame to people of Sri Lanka at the vigilante killing of Priyantha Diyawadana in Sialkot," Khan had tweeted.Even Prime Minister Khans usage of words that the murder was an "extrajudicial" act by a "vigilante" group has not gone down well among a section of the Pakistani intelligentsia.

Interestingly, the Sri Lankans may have faith in the Pakistani government, but the Pakistani experts think otherwise."If Pervez Khattak is not immediately removed from the cabinet, it will mean that all the lies that the PM Khan kept telling on the Sialkot tragedy, which was told to the President and Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka," said Hamid Ur Rehman, a Pakistani journalist.

The gut-wrenching incident took place in Sialkot on Friday, where the supporters of hard-line Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a garment factory and lynched general manager of Rajco Industries Diyawadana and set his body on fire.Many of the mob members took selfies with them, and there were also videos posted on social media showing some of the accused talking to news channels about the attack.

These video clips also showed the policemen who failed to rescue the victim.According to Samaa News, all the bones of Priyantha Krishna Diyawadana were broken and 99% burned.

All the bones, including the victims arms and hip, were broken with the exception of one foot according to Samaa News.Pakistan is the largest recipient of eye donations from Sri Lanka, having received at least 35,000 corneas since 1967, Dr Niaz Brohi, a leading ophthalmologist of Pakistan told Samaa News, "Sri Lankan donated us 35,000 eyes, but we lost sight."(The content is being carried under an arrangement with indianarrative.com)--indianarrativ #Defence #defends #Lankan #triggered #Delhi #Krishna #Delhi #New Delhi #Mon #Intel.