Rapist awarded 14 years RI

Published January 9, 2003

JHANG, Jan 8: Additional District and Sessions Judge Salahuddin Siddiqui on Wednesday sentenced Fazil Husain to 14 years rigorous imprisonment for raping his niece.

According to the prosecution, Fazil was employed in Karachi. He took his niece to Karachi on the pretext that her evidence was to be recorded in the suit filed by his wife.

Fazil raped his niece several times in Karachi. The girl managed to reach her home in Bagh Town of Jhang.

The accused followed her after a few days and again raped her in her house in Jhang, when her other relatives had gone to attend a marriage party. The girl raised alarm which attracted the attention of the neighbours, who rescued her and handed over the accused to the police.

SHOT DEAD: An accused in the motorway dacoity case was shot dead by his rivals near Chak No 13 in Chiniot tehsil on Tuesday.

Mazhar Abbas alias Papu Shah was recently released on bail. He was on way to his village with his relatives Bashir and Ghulam Ali after attending a marriage party in Chak No 45. They were intercepted by Yar Muhammad, Mona and their five accomplices who were hiding in a sugarcane field.

The accused opened fire on Mazhar, killing him on the spot.

Chiniot Saddar police registered a case.

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