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Court awards life imprisonment to man over killing three children

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KARACHI: The local court of Karachi sentenced the accused to life imprisonment for strangulating three minor children.

In the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge West, the case of strangulation of 3 minor children was heard.

After being found guilty, the court sentenced the accused Hasnain to life imprisonment and a fine of RS 1.5million.

According to the prosecution, the accused killed 12-year-old Nimra, 7-year-old Ali, and a 4-year-old child by strangulation in 2016.

According to the police, the children’s father, Sharifuddin, had registered a case at the Mominabad police station.

According to the lawyer of the plaintiff Liaqat Gabol, the accused Hasnain used to work at the food center of the plaintiff’s case, the accused has killed three children, and he should be sentenced to death.

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