Two Get Life Term For Raping Children

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CHINIOT: Two rapists of minor children were awarded life term on 14th March in separate cases in the district.

Additional and District Sessions Judge Javed Iqbal has awarded life imprisonment to one Iftikhar Ilyas Mahnga and imposed Rs100,000 fine on him for kidnapping and raping a minor girl about a year ago. City police had registered the case.

In Bhowana, Additional and District Session Judge Samina Ijaz Cheema awarded life imprisonment and Rs300,000 fine to one Amjid Ali for raping a minor boy.

According to the prosecution, the 11-year-old boy of village Nitherkay, tehsil Bhowana, was coming back from the Urs of a saint when Amjad Ali, son of Jamal Machi, a resident of village Mangeeni, forcibly brought him to crop fields and raped him. On seeing the locals, the convict fled. Bhowana police had registered the case and arrested the accused.

Published in Dawn, March 15th, 2025

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