After 17 years, an antiterrorism court has sentenced two men, including a retired major, to life in prison for abducting a businessman and extorting a total of Rs16 million in ransom.
The ATC-XVI judge found retired major Nawazish Akbar and civilian Naveed Khan — who appeared on bail — guilty of abducting Sher Bahadur when he was returning from the district Malir court in 2006 and received Rs7m in cash and jewellery worth Rs9m on in ransom.
The court also sentenced them to three years for wrongful confinement, seven years for robbing the victim’s car, and sentenced them additional life imprisonment under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
