Mob lynching to be dealt with full severity of law: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken notice of mob lynching incident in Mian Channu area of Khanewal District.  

In a tweet on Sunday, he directed the Inspector General of Punjab Police to submit report on action taken against perpetrators involved in lynching and police officials who failed in their duty.

The Prime Minister 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.

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

A man was stoned to death by a mob in Jungle Dera village of Khanewal district on Saturday.

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.