Times of Islamabad

Sindh Rangers official handed death sentence

Sindh Rangers official handed death sentence

KARACHI – Sindh Rangers official handed death sentence by the Karachi Court.

Karachi court awarded the death sentence on Saturday to a suspended Rangerspersonnel for killing his colleague over a petty dispute in the bachelorbarracks in 2016.

Suspended sepoy Syed Ali Murtaza was found guilty of killing sepoy MashooqAli with his official rifle after exchanging hot words inside the bachelorbarracks of 63 Wing of Bhittai Rangers in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Oct 23, 2016.

Judge Haleem Ahmed of the model criminal trial court (East) found Murtazaguilty of having committed premeditated murder of his colleague over apetty dispute.

The convict was also ordered to pay Rs2,00,000 compensation to the legalheirs of the deceased or undergo six months imprisonment on default.