It may be recalled that a man was stoned to death by a mob in a remote village in Khanewal district of Punjab for allegedly insulting the Holy Quran.
Taking note of the incident, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that no attempt would be made by any individual / group to take the law into their own hands.
In his tweet, he added that the killings by mob violence would be crushed severely.
At the same time, he said that he had sought details of the action taken by the IG Punjab against those responsible for the Mian Channu incident and the police personnel who failed to perform their duties.
According to the Dawn newspaper, after the evening prayers in the village Jangal Dera on Saturday, such announcements were made that a person tore the pages of the Qur’an and set them on fire. Hundreds of locals gathered after hearing the announcements.
The accused was allegedly innocent but no one listened to him and first hung him from a tree and then killed him by beating him to death.
According to an eyewitness, the police team reached the village and took the accused into custody but the mob snatched him from the custody of SHO.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar has also sought a report from IG Punjab on the incident.
If schools, police stations and pulpits are not repaired, be prepared for destruction, Fawad Chaudhry
Reacting to the killing after the violence, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that if schools, police stations and pulpits were not reformed in the society, be prepared for a catastrophe.
“I have repeatedly pointed out destructive extremism in my education system. Incidents like Sialkot and Mian Channu have been the result of decades-old education system. This is a problem of law enforcement as well as degradation of society,” he said. ۔
It may be recalled that just two months before the recent incident of mob violence, a Sri Lankan manager was brutally killed by factory workers in Sialkot which had garnered international attention.
According to a report, Priyantha Kumara, a strict disciplinarian, was subjected to inhumane treatment for removing a poster inviting her to a religious meeting, accusing her of blasphemy and then setting her body on fire.