Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : The Additional Session Court Dadayal, Mirpur District, Tuesday announced the verdict in recent famous heinous case of abduction, rape and murder of a local young girl Kanwal Matloob of Dadayal town awarding three-time death sentence and fine for Rs. 06 million to the only accused – Moeen Bashir allias Sahiboo, resident of Jaranawala area of Faisalabad district.
Our Special AJK Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports from Mirpur that the learned court comprising Additional Session Judge Muhammad Idrees Bhatti and Additional District Qazi Dadyal Muhammad Sarfraz Abbasi sentenced the accused Moeen Bashir allias Sahiboo, son of Bashir Ahmed Awan resident of Chak No. 274 GB Bachiana, tehsil Jaranawala, Faisalabad district, to death for three times under section APC 364-A, 377-A (1) and 302, on the charges of kidnapping an about 12-years old local girl Kanwal Matloob daughter of Matloob Husain for rape, committing the rape forcibly and later assassinating her besides the fine for Rs. 5 million and compensation of Rs. One million separately in the case.
The culprit shall have to pay the compensatory amount of Rs. One million to the heirs of the victim girl as compensation. In case of failure of the payment of the above compensatory amount to the heirs of the assassinated girl, the amount would be recovered through the property of the culprit under land revenue act, the learned court ordered.
The capital punishment will be implemented after approval by the Shariat Appellant Bench of the High Court of Azad Jammu Kashmir, the verdict said.
According to the prosecution, the accused Moeen Bashir abducted the 12-years old Kanwal Matloob on November 08, 2021 while she was on way to bazaar. The accused took innocent Kanwal to nearing deserted site / forests of Peel Kathaar in Dadayal where he strangulated her to death after molesting and raping forcibly through resorting to sever torture and stoning her body from head to toe.
On the special directives of the IGP AJK Dr. Suhail Habib Tajik, DIG Mirpur Division, Mirpur District police headed by SSP Kamran Ali, DSP / SDPO Dadyal Ansar Ali Khan, Inspector Mirpur CIA Staff Muhammad Naseer, Prosecuting Inspector Rashid Mahmood, Sub Inspectors Mehtab Aslam and Amaar Dar and other seasoned investigating officers directly probed into the case through latest means of geo-fencing and arrested the accused Moeen Bashir from outside of AJK territory – who admitted of committing the heinous crime. The body of the victim Kanwal and weapons of offense were recovered on the identification by the accused.
The police lodged the challan of the case with the Additional District Criminal / Session Court Dadayal on January 29, this year.