SIALKOT : The Sialkot District Bar Association has refused to represent the suspects in the murder case of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in court, Pakistani media reported.
Expressing grief over the ghastly incident, the majority in a meeting of the association on Wednesday decided that no lawyer would pursue the case on behalf of the suspects.
The Sialkot police on Wednesday presented eight more suspects in the murder case of Sri Lankan Priyantha Kumara in an anti-terrorism court, the Dawn reported. These workers of the factory where the deceased was a senior manager were presented in the Gujranwala anti-terrorism court that remanded them in police custody for 13 days.
The court ordered police to present the suspects in court again on December 21. The suspects were arrested with the help of CCTV footage.
They were suspected of torturing the deceased Sri Lankan national on the roof of the factory, dragging his body on the road and later setting it on fire.
Two days ago, the police had obtained a 15-day physical remand of 26 suspects from the anti-terrorism court. They are suspected to have incited factory workers against Kumara.
