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Four more terrorists hanged in Faisalabad
 FAISALABAD/ISLAMABAD: Another four terrorists – Ghulam Sarwar Bhatti, Zubair Ahmed, Rasheed Qureshi and a Russian citizen Akhlaq Ahmed alias Roosi – who were awarded death penalty for carrying out attack on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf were hanged to death at District Jail on Sunday.All four terrorists were shifted to the death cell of District Jail Faisalabad late on Saturday from Central Jail Faisalabad under tight security arrangements made by police, Rangers and army, the jail authorities said. Family members of all the four death-row convicts were allowed to have final meetings with them. Earlier, one convict of this case, Arshad Mehrban, was also hanged to death in the District Jail Faisalabad on Friday night along with another terrorist of GHQ attack, Aqeel Ahmad alias Dr Usman. After execution, the bodies of Zubair Ahmad, Ghulam Sarwar Bhatti, Rasheed Qureshi and Akhlaq Ahmad were handed over to their heirs. The convicts were said to be frightened and seeking mercy from the jail staff. While recording their will, they said that they were feeling guilty and were repenting their crimes, and advised their companions not to kill any Muslim. They were frightened and shivering when while approaching the gallows. The advised the Taliban not to target children and women. The prisoners had to be shifted to the district jail under strict security measures because the lever which is used to open the trapdoor to carryout hangings was not present in the Central Jail. Family members of the death-row prisoners were allowed to meet them for the last time prior to the hanging. Security was tightened in the city to avoid any untoward incident. Additional contingents of security personnel were deployed while containers and barricades were placed on the routes leading to the district jail. Meanwhile, preparations were underway in Lahore for the execution of four death row prisoners in Kot Lakhpat Central Jail. The executions are expected to be carried out within the next 24-36 hours. All routes leading to the jail were sealed with the deployment of military personnel and installation of cell phone jammers around the jail premises. Another 17 prisoners are likely to be hanged throughout country during this week. In Sukkur, authorities called in the relatives of two terrorists, belonging to the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi who had been sentenced to death 10 years ago in a sectarian killing case, to hold a final meeting on Monday. An anti terrorism court on Friday had issued black warrants for Attaullah alias Qasim and Mohammad Azam alias Sharif who had been given death sentence by an antiterrorism court in July 2004. Posted by: Steve White 2014-12-22 |
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