Zainab's rapist handed down death penalty in three more cases
- By Web Desk -
- Aug 05, 2018
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday handed Zainab rape and murder case convict Imran Arshad a total of 12 counts of the death penalty and Rs6million in fines in three more cases of child sexual abuse, ARY News reported.
Imran Arshad, who was already awarded four counts of the death penalty, one life term, 7-year jail term and Rs4.1 million in fines back in February for raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl named Zainab in Kasur, had confessed sexually abusing at least eight girls.
Judge Sheikh Sajjad of anti-terrorism court sentenced Imran Arshad to four counts of death penalty each in the rape and murder case of five-year old Aisha, eight-year-old Laiba and seven-year-old Noor Fatima.He was fined Rs2million each asked to pay Rs1million each as blood money in all three cases.
The court will announce its verdict in three more such cases on Monday, August 6.
About Zainab rape, murder case
Kidnapped on January 4 and found from a garbage heap on January 9, Zainab’s autopsy report suggested that the minor was sexually assaulted before being strangulated to death.
On January 21, the Supreme Court gave three days’ time to a joint investigation team formed to probe the rape and murder of Zainab to track down the culprit.
The JIT arrested the culprit named Imran Arshad on January 23 after the DNA proved that he was behind the rape and murder of Zainab and at least eight other girls from Kasur.