Land dispute: Man awarded death penalty for murder

DG KHAN: A district and sessions court in Dera Ghazi Khan sentenced a man to death on Saturday after he was found guilty of killing a man over a land dispute. A co-accused in the case has been declared a proclaimed offender.

According to the prosecution, the deceased named Laal Ahmed and the accused Jalil Ahmed and Muhammad Tariq had a land dispute for a long time. One day, Laal was going back home from work when Jalil and Tariq ambushed him and shot him dead. Later, Saddar police registered a murder case against the suspects and arrested Jalil while Tariq managed to flee.

While announcing the verdict, District and Sessions Judge Malik Khalid Mehmood ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs500,000 to the heirs of the deceased.

Jalil would have to undergo six additional months in prison if he does not pay the penalty. The convict has been sent to the DG Khan Central Jail while Tariq has been declared a proclaimed offender.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2016.