• A total of 124 suspects, including 13 key suspects, have been arrested in the gruesome murder 

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya

The brother of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was brutally murdered in Sialkot, Pakistan, has urged media and social media users to stop circulating videos of his brother’s brutal torture and murder.  

Videos of the murder of Priyantha are still circulating widely on social media.

In a social media video, Priyantha’s brother said that the spread of videos of his brother’s murder on social media networks has caused shock and distress to his family, especially to his two children and the wife. Therefore, he also requested social media authorities to take immediate action to remove the videos which are already circulating on social media. Meanwhile, Pakistani media reported that a total of 124 suspects, including 13 key suspects, have been arrested in the gruesome murder case.

Police will produce all the arrested suspects before the court to seek their physical remand for interrogation in the killing,” said police officials.

The preliminary postmortem of Priyantha Kumara reveals that he died of a severe blow to his head and most of his limb bones had been shattered before the body was set on fire.