Punjab police rounded up on Tuesday 10 more primary suspects in the case of lynching of a man over blasphemy allegations in a village of Punjab’s Khanewal district last week.
According to a statement issued by the Punjab police spokesperson, the recent arrests have taken the number of total detained suspects in the case to 112, among whom 31 are primary suspects.
The statement said the arrests were made in raids on different locations. Initially, police had arrested 85 suspects, after Prime Minister Imran Khan had taken notice of the incident, and took six more into custody on Monday.