MULTAN, Aug 20: An army man accused of plotting to kill President Gen Pervez Musharraf was executed inside the New Central Jail here early Saturday morning. Islamuddin Sheikh alias Abdus Salam Saddiqi, 35, was said to be involved in the failed assassination bid on Gen Musharraf carried out on Dec 14, 2003, at the Jhanda Chichi bridge near the Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

He had been shifted to the high-security New Central Jail here a month ago from a prison in Sialkot. It is being said that he was condemned to death in a summary trial conducted by a military tribunal under the rules of Field General Court Martial.

According to the jail authorities, he was hanged at 4.30am in the presence of some senior military officials. Sheikh’s body was handed over to the family at 5am which was later taken to Thul. He was buried in the afternoon.