BAHAWALPUR, April 6: Anti-Terrorism Court presiding officer Muhammad Akram Khan on Thursday handed down death sentence on 12 counts and 42-year imprisonment to a serial killer of Ahmedpur East.

Abdul Razzaq, the convict, was involved in abduction, murder and rape of six women. However, he has been acquitted in the seventh case.

According to prosecution, Razzaq, a resident of Chacha Bast near Ahmedpur East, had in 2001 abducted, raped and murdered seven aged women in two months.

The people were scared, as Ahmedpur East police took a long time to nab the accused who, however, was challaned and his case was tried by the ATC. His victims included Manzoor Elahi, Jiwan Bibi, Sakina and Manzoor Bibi.— Correspondent