Shootout culprits get 16-year jail
A special anti-terrorism court has awarded a 16-year jail term to the suspects convicted in cases of police encounter, attempted murder and illegal arms possession.
The verdict was announced in the Anti-Terrorism Complex in the Karachi Central Jail, where the prosecution was able to prove the crime, after which Arif and Ikram each were sentenced to 16 years in prison.
The court imposed a fine of one Rs100000 on both the convicts and also ordered the accused Arif to pay the medical expenses of the policeman injured in the encounter.
According to the prosecution, the suspected motorcyclists opened fire after escaping police snap checking near KDA Chowrangi.
In the subsequent chase, an exchange of fire took place between the police and the accused near Banaras Bridge, in which police officer Zaheer and two passers-by were injured.
Police had arrested the accused and recovered the weapons.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 20th, 2024.