Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Khaliq-uz-Zaman on Thursday sentenced Mohammad Yaqoob and his nephew Arshad Mehmood to death on two counts and a Rs 100,000 fine each for killing Mumtaz Elahi, a retired Lahore corps commander, and his wife Ms Salma, during a theft in ElahiÂ’s house.The court also sentenced them to seven years imprisonment and a Rs 20,000 fine each, on the charges of theft and three years imprisonment with Rs 20,000 fine each, on another offence. The court also ordered that they should undergo a one-year imprisonment, if they failed to pay the fine.
According to the prosecution, Yaqoob and Mehmood clubbed Elahi and his wife to death as they woke up when the convicts were busy stealing valuables at night.
Ghalib Market police registered a case against them on September 21, 2003 and recovered all stolen items from them.