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The Punjab Forensic Science Agency has conducted a photogrammetric test of 34 prime suspects arrested for lynching Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara over alleged blasphemy in Sialkot on December 3. So far, 139 people have been arrested by the police. The anti-terrorism court on Wednesday remanded the accused into police custody for 15 days. According to the police, the 34 prime suspects were brought to the Punjab Forensic Science Agency for the photogrammetric test. The forensic examination was conducted of the suspects’ faces from the videos obtained from the attack. The photogrammetric test is a forensic technique that is useful to have an accurate 3D reconstruction of a cri.
The Punjab police have arrested eight more men for murdering and burning the body of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara over alleged blasphemy charges in Sialkot. The accused were presented in an anti-terrorism court Wednesday. They have been remanded into police custody for 15 days. According to the police, the suspects were identified with the help of CCTV footage and mobile data. So far, 139 suspects including 34 prime suspects have been arrested by the police. Earlier, the Gujranwala anti-terrorism court approved the 15-day physical remand of 26 suspects, arrested for their “central role” in the lynching. The Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) said that Punjab Ch.
The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry has raised $100,000 for the family of Sri Lanka national Priyantha Kumara who was lynched in the city last week over alleged blasphemy charges.