ATC awards 10 years to gangster

Accused had attacked paramilitary soldiers with the intent to kill them, sources said

KARACHI:

An anti-terrorism court handed down on Tuesday a jail term of 10 years to a gangster for attacking paramilitary soldiers with the intent to kill them.

Abdullah, associated with a notorious gang operating in Lyari, was convicted along with his 10 absconding accomplices in a year-old case of opening fire at Rangers personnel in Kalakot.

The ATC-X judge, Abdullah Afzal Khan, also convicted the absconders in absentia, observing that they escaped trial out of fear of being punished.

They were awarded five years imprisonment each.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2015.