Child rapist awarded death penalty in Jhang

By: AFP
Published: 06:28 PM, 26 Nov, 2020
Child rapist awarded death penalty in Jhang
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A court in Jhang awarded death penalty to a rapist Asif Habib who raped and murdered 10-year-old innocent children named Shazia in Jhang, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Additional Sessions Judge Mazhar Minhas announced the verdict, the TV channel reported. Upon hearing the verdict, the culprit fell unconscious while the rescue 1122 provided first aid medical treatment.

In 2019, Police arrested accused Asif Habib, son of Ghulam Habib, by tracing the blind murder with the help of modern and scientific methods of geo-fencing.

It is worth remembering that the corpse of the child was found by the roadside and her post-mortem revealed that she was murdered after sexual abuse in 2019. Culprit Asif Habib murdered the child after she resisted the rape attempt.

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