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| May 31, 2002 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 18,1423 |
Black warrants for two LJ activists
GUJRANWALA, May 30: The local Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 on Thursday issued death warrants for two convicts and activists of banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi for killing former Gujranwala SSP and his driver.
The judge fixed June 18 for their execution.
According to the prosecution, convicts Ghulam Rasul Shah, Abu Bakar alias Usman, Shabbir and Abdul Rauf had shot dead SSP Muhammad Ashraf Marth and his driver in Gujranwala on May 6, 1997.
The judge had awarded death sentence on two counts to Ghulam Rasul Shah and Abu Bakar alias Usman with a fine of Rs0.5 million collectively, while life-term on two counts and fined Rs0.2 million collectively to Shabbir and Abdul Rauf on July 2, 2000. The high court and the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the lower court. The president also rejected their clemency appeal.
ARRESTED: Four men involved in the killing of five members of a family in neighbouring Jandiala Baghwala village were arrested, Saddar police claimed on Thursday.
On a tip-off that Niamatullah, Akbar and their two accomplices had taken refuge in a brick kiln near the village, police raided and arrested them. Other accused involved in the killing were at large till Thursday night.
Ibrahim was a brother of Muhammad Rafiq and the latter had enmity with Niamat. Rafiq had tried to dispose of earth of his field to a party. But his rival landlord Niamatullah offered less rate to the same party which was closed with. Rafiq objected to the buyer when he began transporting earth by tractor-trolleys through his fields. The landlords fell out when the buyer apprised Niamat of the issue, but the villagers reconciled the matter.
But Niamatullah and his accomplices had on Wednesday shot dead Muhammad Ibrahim (60), his two sons Ghulam Nabi (40) and Shafiq (19), Muhammad Sadiq (40), Sakina Bibi (40) and injured Muhammad Yaqoob, Sadiqa Bibi, Naziran Bibi and 12-year-old Muhammad Tayyab.
The bodies were handed over to the heirs after autopsy.
The condition of the injured was stated to be critical at the DHQ Hospital.
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