RAWALPINDI – Justice Jahangir Ali Gondal of District and Session CourtRawalpindi on Monday awarded death sentence and life imprisonment to QasimJahangir, Kiran Jahangir for abducting, sexually assaulting, andblackmailing nearly 45 girls.

The court awarded the death sentence besides a fine of Rs 2.5 million toQasim Jahangir, 33, for abduction and rape. The court also awarded lifeimprisonment to his wife for assisting the husband.

The accused was further convicted and awarded imprisonment for three yearsand a fine of Rs 1 million under the prevention of the Electronic CrimesAct, 2016.

Earlier, the couple confessed to the sexual assault, pornography of 45girls. Police had arrested the suspects and recovered dozens of explicitvideos of local women from their mobile phones and storage devices.

The accused also admitted to have kidnapped several minor girls with thehelp of his wife and subjected them to sexual assault, pornography.

The police official said that the couple had a connection with aninternational porn website.