ATC awards six death sentences to child rapist
- In 2019, convict Sohail Shehzad has murdered four children after rape in Chunian city
(Karachi) An Anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore awarded six death penalties on three counts to convict Sohail Shehzad for raping, murdering four minor boys in Chunian, media reported on Monday.
ATC Judge Muhammad Iqbal handed life imprisonment twice and six death penalties to convict Sohail Shehzad on three counts in two cases and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs2 million in addition to Rs400,000 compensation to the legal heirs of the victim.
The anti-terrorism court judge Muhammad Iqbal announced the verdict after recording the statement of the accused under section 342. The court had earlier sentenced Sohail to death in two cases.
In 2019, four children between eight to 12 years of age had gone missing in Chunian city of Punjab’s Kasur district. Later, the police recovered remains of minors who were murdered after being raped.
The police nabbed the convict and registered a case against him.