Murder convict gets death penalty
The court awarded death sentence to Salah Muhammad and 40 years jail imprisonment to Muhammad Asif . PHOTO: AFP
A man found guilty of killing a man in 2003 over a land dispute in Fatehjang was sentenced to death and imposed fine by a session court in the Attock town of Fatehjang on Friday.
In March 2003, Mian Rasheeda, on a land dispute accused Muzloom Hussain Shah shot and killed his brother-in-law Nusrat Hussain Shah, according to the FIR filed at the Fatehjang police station under sections 302 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
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After killing the man, the suspect fled, and the court designated him as a proclaimed offender (PO).
Police raided the suspect's hiding on August 1, 2023, approximately 20 years after he had been haunted.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 6th, 2024.