PESHAWAR – Anti-Terrorism Court in Kohat district has sentenced a Tehreek Taliban Pakistan militant to 25 years in prison and also fined him Rs1 million. The convict, Azizullah, had kidnapped 16 labourers who were working on a Jazz tower in Kurram district in June last year. Later, 10 kidnapped men managed their release and escaped from captivity while the other six remained in the clutches of the TTP men. Azizullah was arrested during a raid in August last year and later the CTD recovered Rs6.7 million of the ransom amount from him. Recently, the court awarded him 25 years imprisonment and Rs1 million fine.
