Man shoots wife, nephew dead over ‘affair’ in Baldia Town

A man allegedly gunned down his wife and a nephew at his house on suspicion they were having an affair in Baldia Town’s Raees Goth in the wee hours of Thursday.

SHO Chaudhry Shahid of the Mochko police station said that responding to information, a police mobile on patrol rushed to the house, where locals told the cops that the suspect was trying to flee.

The police, with the help of rescue teams, took critically wounded Rustam Sher, 23, and 25-year-old Momil, wife of Ali Khan, to hospital, where they died. After a chase, the cops caught Ali Khan with a pistol and moved him to the police station. During the initial interrogation, the suspect said he had married Momil some eight years ago in his hometown in Jaffarabad, and they later moved to Karachi’s Raees Goth.

During the wedlock, Momil gave birth to five children — two daughters and three sons — while her husband sold vegetables in the area to earn a livelihood. The suspect said that a few months ago his nephew Rustam had started living with them and he had suspicion that he had some illicit relations with his wife. Late on Wednesday night, he said, he went to his house secretly and found his wife and nephew in a compromising position. Enraged by what he had seen, Khan said, he took out his pistol and shot them.

SHO Shahid said they had seized the murder weapon and sent it to the forensic division of the Sindh Police. A case has been registered and investigations are underway.

Source: The News

Man handed down death penalty for raping minor girl

An anti-terrorism court has handed down the capital punishment to a man for subjecting a minor girl to rape in 2017.

ATC-V judge found Amjad Ali alias Zakir guilty of sexually abusing the girl within the jurisdiction of the Shah Latif Town police station five years ago. He pronounced the verdict he had reserved after recording evidence and final arguments from both defence and prosecution sides. The trial was held in the judicial complex inside the central prison.

“Amjad Ali, alias Zakir, without any shadow of doubt, is convicted under Section 376(3) of the Pakistan Penal Code,” the judge ruled. However, he said, the death penalty was subject to confirmation by the Sindh High Court under Section 376 (power of the high court to confirm the sentence or annual the conviction) under the Criminal Procedure Code.

The court, therefore, directed the office to send the case record to the SHC in terms of Section 25 (2) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 for the confirmation of the death sentence as required under Section 374 (sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session) of the CrPC. The convict can also file an appeal with the high court, challenging his conviction.

Source: The News