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Pak man sentenced to death for minor boy's rape and murder

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Press Trust of India Lahore

A 27-year-old Pakistani man was on Tuesday sentence to death on three counts by an anti-terrorism court here for raping and murdering a minor boy.

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here awarded the death sentence to Sohail Shahzad for kidnapping, raping and murdering Faizan, 10, in Chunian, some 60kms from Lahore.

Shahzad was arrested on October 1 for allegedly murdering four minors after rape in Chunian. He had been charged with kidnapping, raping and killing minors including Imran, Salman, Ali Hasnain and Faizan.

The trial was conducted inside the Kot Lakhpat jail. Judge Muhammad Iqbal announced the verdict convicting suspect Shahzad in murder case of one of the four boys.

 

The convict was also ordered to pay fine Rs 3.2 million.

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First Published: Dec 18 2019 | 12:10 AM IST

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