An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a man for sexually abusing and killing a child in Chunian.
According to details, the convict Sohail Shehzad had killed a child after sexually abusing him in Chunian.
The ATC bench headed by Judge Ijaz Ahmed Buttar, announced the verdict and sentenced the accused to death on three counts, after completing his life sentence.
On 17 December 2019, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore awarded the death penalty on three counts to convict Sohail Shehzad for raping, murdering minor boy in Chunian.
Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Muhammad Iqbal handed life imprisonment and death sentence to convict Sohail Shehzad on three counts and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs3 million in addition to Rs200,000 compensation to the legal heirs of the victim.
In case of failure to pay compensation and fine, he will have to serve an additional six months.
The apprehension of Shehzad, 27, had announced by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on October 1.
He said DNA samples from 1,649 people were profiled and once the culprit was caught, his DNA matched a “100 percent” with the samples collected from the crime scene.
The undercover police officers including women personnel played a vital role in the arrest of a suspected child rapist in Chunian.
The suspected child rapist identified as Sohail Shehzad, who had murdered four minor boys in Chunian, was arrested by undercover police officers which searched over 4,500 houses and even sold food items on carts to nab the cold-blooded rapist-cum-murderer.
