LAHORE: Opposition members in the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday beat up a minority member of the treasury benches for sending a "love letter" to female legislator Shazia Mari of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Geo television reported. Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Ishwar Lal delivered a letter to Mari through the assembly peon during the fourth budget session. Mari showed the letter to all opposition members, who beat up Ishawar Lal and dragged him out of the Assembly Hall. The matter was brought to the notice of the assembly speaker, who suspended Lal and the MPAs who had beaten him. Talking to Geo later, Mari said that Lal had been sending her mobile phone messages for a year, seeking to befriend her.