Woman among seven sentenced to death over kidnap, murder of 10th grader

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to seven convicts, a woman among them, in a case pertaining to the abduction and murder of a tenth grader, ARY News reported.

The court found Raeema, Asif, Babil, Zia, Jaseem, Tafazul Haseen, and Ahmed Ali guilty of kidnapping Muhammad Arshad for ransom and later killing him upon his parents’ failure to pay protection money.

The convict had abducted the boy back in 2013 from within the jurisdiction of Aziz Bhatti police station and demanded Rs5 million for his safe release, according to the prosecution.

Last month, the ATC had handed six years sentence to 14 accused in the 2017 jailbreak incident.

Those handed prison terms and fine included Assistant Superintendent Jail Ghulam Murtaza.

Two members of of a banned terrorist group were escaped from the Central Jail Karachi on June 13, 2017.

Apart from the assistant superintendent jail, other prison officers Fahim Anwar, Salik Ayaz, and Rafique Channa were also convicted in the case.

The accused who were released on bail earlier were sent back to jail after the court verdict.

Two hardened terrorists, Shaikh Muhammad Mumtaz alias Firaun and Muhammad Ahmed Khan alias Munna had broken out of prison on June 13, 2017.

Both terrorists were arrested by the CTD police in 2013 and they were both hardcore supporters of a banned sectarian outfit.