ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court docket (ATC) on Tuesday sentenced a Uncooked agent to loss of life twice and handed imprisonment starting from 35 to 40 years to 5 different convicts for the homicide of a former Kashmiri commander Bashir Ahmed Wani.
ATC decide Tahir Abbas Sipra delivered the decision after listening to a case associated to the assassination of Bashir Ahmed Wani.
Former Kashmiri commander was killed in 2023 on the outskirts of Islamabad in Burma City.
Following the incident, the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) Police arrested six people and charged them underneath varied sections, together with anti-terrorism and homicide.
ATC decide Tahir Abbas Sipra awarded the loss of life penalty twice to the principle accused Shahzeb alias Zebi.
Moreover, Moez Ahmed and Faizan Kayani obtained 40 years and 9 months of imprisonment, whereas Mehran Younis, Nauman Sattar, and Arsalan Wajid had been every sentenced to 35 years and 9 months in jail.
The court docket additionally decided that the accused had obtained funding from the Indian intelligence company Analysis and Evaluation Wing (RAW) for acts of terrorism.
Prosecutor Raja Naveed introduced substantial incriminating proof in opposition to all of the accused, arguing that Shahzeb Zebi, Moez Ahmed and Faizan Kayani had been financially supported by RAW for terrorist actions.
The prosecution additionally submitted documentary proof in court docket to substantiate these claims.
Learn Extra: RAW agent arrested in Karachi
Earlier, the Particular Investigation Unit (SIU) of Sindh police reportedly arrested a suspect allegedly affiliated with the Indian spy company Analysis and Evaluation Wing (RAW) from Karachi’s Mauripur space.
The Senior Superintendent of Police – Shoaib Memon – confirmed that the accused, recognized as Muhammad Saleem, is affiliated with the Indian spy company RAW and was apprehended close to Fish Chowrangi on Manora Highway, Karachi.
Authorities recovered a hand grenade, a bomb, a launcher, and a pistol from Saleem, together with service playing cards from a number of departments.
SSP Memon revealed that the accused possessed passports and identification playing cards underneath completely different names to deceive the safety companies in the meantime, the maps of Manora and Chinaport had been additionally seized from the possession of the arrested agent.