A local court here has sentenced life term to a former militant and awarded his associate a five-year jail term for abducting and killing a student in 2005.
Principal Sessions and District Judge in Shopian in south Kashmir convicted former Hizbul Mujhahideen commander Muhammad Ishfaq Paul and his accomplice Tariq Ahmad Sheikh on charges of abduction and later killing of Nazir Ahmad Kumar of Wanihal, Shopian.
“The duo had on September 11, 2005, took Kumar from his house,” public prosecutor Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan, said. “Kumar’s father begged them to free his son but the militants refused.”
Published 11 September 2012, 19:12 IST