GUJRAT: The police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested murderer of former law minister Punjab, Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq, after almost seven years, ARY News reported.
Regional police officer (RPO) Tariq Abbas said the killer of former Punjab minister, Auranzeb alias ‘Ranga’ was absconding for last seven years.
The murderer was also declared proclaimed offender, and he had fled from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. He was convicted by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the murder case. He was wanted by the Gujrat and Lahore police in a number of heinous crime cases, including murder, robbery, kidnapping for ransom and rape.
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The criminal, belonging to Bathowal village of Gujrat tehsil, had murdered the former law minister in December 2002 along with five other people when they were returning from a village in Farooq’s constituency in Sarai Alamgir.
Aurangzaib along with other co-accused were awarded death sentence on six counts by the Gujranwala ATC and he was shifted to jail in Lahore. He was imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat Jail and had fled in 2012 in the guise of a patient after he was shifted to a hospital. The police had put the head money of Rs 500,000 on the convict.
Gujrat Police also claimed to have arrested another criminal with a head money of Rs 200,000.
