Seminary teacher, three associates convicted in rape-murder case of girl

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BADIN: The teacher of a seminary and his three associates were convicted in a gang rape and murder case of a 10-year-old girl student in 2014.

The FIR against Ghulam Murtaza Shar and his associates Waseem Arain, Bilawal Arain and Adil was lodged by the victim’s father on April 10, 2014 at Kadhan police station. The rape and murder of the girl had triggered protests by the Arain community in Kadhan and some other towns of Badin taluka over the next few weeks.

On Tuesday, the Second Additional Sessions Judge of Badin, Abdul Wahab Tunio, pronounced his judgement in the case. Shar was sentenced to death and his three accomplices to life imprisonment.

Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2018

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Khan

Feb 07, 2018 10:34am

Great news!

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Mrs.Khan

Feb 07, 2018 10:35am

Very good. Make these punishments quick for all other cases too. So the monsters are alarmed and think 100 times before looking at a child with wrong intentions.

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MIAN shoaib

Feb 07, 2018 10:53am

What a justice system. After 4 years, Now session court has decided. then appeal, appeal and so on. Another 6 years in this process. By the time people will forget all about the case.

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RAfi

Feb 07, 2018 10:57am

Good news.. Justice prevailed

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Yousuf

Feb 07, 2018 10:58am

Excellent. Justice done and will serve as deterrent for others.

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Wow

Feb 07, 2018 11:18am

Good news but took too long

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Sajid Sajjad Abbasi

Feb 07, 2018 11:18am

Justice should not be delayed.

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Observer - Canada

Feb 07, 2018 11:37am

Justice was delayed in this case. If justice is dispensed on timely basis it can serve as deterrent for the potential rapists and murderers. Let us hope the pace of legal process would be increased.

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El Cid

Feb 07, 2018 11:48am

@MIAN shoaib Justice must be validated. You should not kill people on impulse and argument without 100% verifiable proof of premeditated murder.

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Abu Khalid Yousafzai

Feb 07, 2018 12:19pm

jazakallah for announcing justice

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Eldrick Lal

Feb 07, 2018 12:45pm

Good news. The culprits must be punished

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Syed Ayaz Qaiser

Feb 07, 2018 01:20pm

Why accomplices got only life imprisonment not death penalty? They all committed the heinous crime together!!!

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Silent observer

Feb 07, 2018 01:29pm

A rapist of a minor girl got his due punishment after almost 4 years so we can better estimate now how much time it may take to punish the Zainab's murderer from Kasur plus there are still plenty of other pending rape cases as well. We urgently need judicial reforms for fair, transparent and speedy justice in Pakistan because the current judicial system is extremely slow.

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Losar gujjar

Feb 07, 2018 02:28pm

At last some good news. I would like to congratulate Sindh government, police and courts for delivering the justice. If justice prevails and institutes do their work honestly such sins and culprits will be vanished. A happy day for us and for the perished one parents.

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Asmat Jamal

Feb 07, 2018 03:12pm

Very good

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Taimoor Khan

Feb 07, 2018 03:25pm

Today has been a good day. Pakistan is serving the justice.

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Feb 07, 2018 05:47pm

Justice for all

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M. Siddique

Feb 07, 2018 07:19pm

Justice must always be done to control the crime.

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zane

Feb 07, 2018 08:30pm

Thank You!

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Shafiq Shah

Feb 07, 2018 08:43pm

Thanks to the judge. Law prevails.

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N_Saq

Feb 07, 2018 09:26pm

Justice delayed is equal to justice denied. There should be a limit within which a case should be decided. If there is enough evidence then the suspect should be punished immediately, however, if the prosecution does not have enough evidence then the suspect can be let go but the prosecution can always come back and retry the case when they have enough evidence.

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Akaram Khalikd

Feb 07, 2018 09:41pm

Provide speedy justice to all victims of rape and murder case. No one shall be above the law, no matter, how influential he/she is.

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Progressive

Feb 08, 2018 03:13am

Shut down the seminaries. No unqualified personnel must have access to any school systems.

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