Zainab’s Murderer Hanged At Kot Lakhpat Jail
Zainab’s Murderer Hanged At Kot Lakhpat Jail: Imran Ali, who raped and murdered six-year-old girl Zainab Ansari in Kasur, was hanged in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail early Wednesday morning.
The condemned prisoner was sent to the gallows at around 5:30am in the presence of a magistrate. On February 17, an anti-terrorism court had sentenced him to death on four counts.
He was awarded a life imprisonment for sodomy and another penalty was for concealing the young girl’s body in a trash heap. The death sentence was for kidnapping, rape, murder and committing an act of terrorism.
The trial was completed in four days and 33 eye-witnesses gave statements during the proceedings. Ali confessed during the trial.
During the investigation, Ali’s DNA matched with the samples collected from Zainab’s body and the bodies of seven other minors. On June 12, the Supreme Court had rejected his appeal against his death sentence.
Zainab’s father approached the Lahore High Court for the killer’s public execution. However, the court dismissed his appeal.
Justice Done
Talking to media outside the Central Jail Kot Lakhpat, Zainab’s father Haji Ameen said he is satisfied that the justice is done as he has witnessed the murderer’s execution. However, he lamented the court’s decision to dismiss his petition to hang the killer publicly.
He added that the relatives of the convicted did not made any contacts to him or his family in regard with his punishment.
Zainab’s father, who witnessed the execution, revealed that the Imran Ali was not ashamed of his heinous crime, as there was no signs of fear or repentance on his face at the time when he was brought to be hanged.
Last Meeting
Earlier, jail authorities arranged the convict’s last meeting with his family, which lasted for about 45 minutes. An ambulance was also present at the scene, accompanied by a brother of the convict as well as two of his friends.
Seven-year-old Zainab Amin was abducted on January 4 from nearby her aunt’s house in Kasur where she was going for learning the Holy Quran. Her body was recovered from a garbage heap near her house on January 9.
CCTV footage of girl being led by a suspect was circulated on social media after she went missing.
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