Man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old niece sentenced to death

A local court in Rawalpindi on Saturday sentenced a man to death twice for raping and murdering his seven-year-old niece, who had earlier bluntly confessed to his heinous crime during a hearing, a private source reported.

Waliullah had stated that he was drunk and was not in his senses when he entered the house of his brother and raped his niece. He further said that owing to the victim’s screams, he covered her face with a pillow. However, he said that she suffocated.

Later, a post-mortem report of the victim confirmed Waliullah’s account. Police had registered the cases against the suspect on November 22, 2019.

Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Court judge Masood Akhtar, while handing down two death sentences for both rape and murder, said that such dreadful crimes have the potential to destroy social fabric of the country and criminals involved in it do not deserve any concession.

After the announcement of the verdict, the victim’s father said that he got justice in the case and his brother had committed the crime for which he should be punished.