A manager of the Sri Lankan factory in Pakistan on Friday was beaten to death and caught fire by a horde, the police confirmed, in the local media incident reportedly related to alleged blasphemy.
Some problems are as galvanized in Pakistan as blasphemy, and even the smallest suggestion of insults to Islam can protest and incite Lynchings.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said he would personally oversee the investigation of the “terrible Vigilante attack” he also called “a shame a day for Pakistan”.
“Let no mistakes all responsible will be punished with full legal severity,” he tweeted.
The Friday incident took place in Sialkot, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of the capital of Islamabad.
Some of the terrible video clips distributed on social media showed a horde that beat the victims prone to sing slogans to blasphemy.
Another clip showed his burned body, and the ruins were reversed from what his car said.
Many in the hordes did not try to hide their identity and some took the selfie in front of a burned corpse.
Punjab spokesman the government Having Khawar told reporters in Lahore that the police had arrested 50 people.
“CCTV recordings are being carefully watched because we have been directed to resolve questions within 48 hours,” he said.
The slogans sung in social media videos are the same used by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistani supporters (TLP) – An anti-blasphemy party.
TLP is in the past crippling the country with protests, including anti-French campaigns after a satire magazine based in Paris Charlie Hebdo last year published a cartoon that described the Prophet Muhammad.
It was only unlimited last month and the leader was free from detention after another period of civilian riots where seven police officers were killed.
In just five years the party has seen its reach exploding in Pakistan, opening a new chapter in the country’s deadly confrontation with extremism.
On Sunday thousands of people burned a police station in Khyber Province Pakhtunkhwa northwest after demanding officers handed over a man accused of burning the Koran.
In April 2017 a Mobia University student was angry Mashal Khan when he was accused of posting content that blasphemed online.
The Christian couple was Lynched then burned in a single kiln in Punjab in 2014 after being accused incorrectly to tarnish the Qur’an.
A senior Pakistani official told AFP that Islamabad was associated with Sri Lanka’s diplomat for the incident “and has convinced them that all involved in cruel crimes will be taken to court”.
Rights groups say allegations of blasphemy can often be used to complete private vendettas, with most minorities to be targeted.
“Today’s event underlines the urgency that allows abuse and places the risk of being repaired,” said Amnesty International South Asia Said in a tweet under the “Sialkot” tag, which was trending in Pakistan.