Pakistan: Serial killer hanged for raping and murdering 7-year-old girl
What's the story
A Pakistani serial killer was executed at a prison in Lahore today after a court dismissed a petition for his public hanging filed by the father of a seven-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered by him.
Imran Ali, who raped and murdered the girl in Kasur city, earlier this year, was hanged to death this morning in Kot Lakhpat Central Jail.
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Victim's father asked court to allow live telecast of hanging
Ali, 23, was executed in the presence of both Magistrate Adil Sarwar and the deceased girl's father. The girl's uncle was also present at the jail, the Dawn reported.
A two-member Lahore High Court bench comprising Justice Sardar Shamim Ahmed and Justice Shahbaz Rizvi had yesterday dismissed the plea of Amin Ansari, father of the minor girl, seeking public hanging of the convict.
Serial offender
Ali was involved in 9 rape-cum-murder cases of minors
In January, police arrested Ali two weeks after he raped and murdered the minor and threw her body into a garbage-dump in Kasur.
The incident triggered nation-wide street protests in Pakistan with people demanding a harsh punishment. The protests claimed two lives.
Ali was accused of being involved in at least nine rape-cum-murder incidents of minors. The court gave its verdict in five cases.
The Grief
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"My daughter would have been seven years, two months old today. Her mother is devastated from grief," Ansari said.
Ansari regretted that the authorities didn't allow the live telecast of the hanging.
Ansari also thanked the Chief Justice of Pakistan and said that the "murderer had met his fate today".
After the execution, Ali's family, accompanied by police contingents, took his body to Kasur.