Culpri­t charge­d with murder, rape, abduct­ion in Zainab case: Prosec­utor genera­lLAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) handed down on Saturday death sentence on four counts to culprit Imran Ali in the rape and murder case of minor Zainab. He has been sentenced on four grounds—murdering a child, kidnapping a child, rape of a minor, and committing an unnatural act with a minor. According to the police investigation, Ali took Zainab to an under-construction house where he raped and killed her and later threw her body at a dumping site near her house. Zainab murder case: Prime suspect’s counsel decides to back outThis massive search led to the arrest of Ali whose DNA sample matched with those of eight victims, including Zainab. Advocate Mehar Shakeel, counsel for Ali, decided not to plead Imran’s case after he confessed his crime.

Source: The Express Tribune February 17, 2018 06:41 UTC