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2 death sentences given to Pak man over rape, murder

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Press Trust of India Lahore
Last Updated : Mar 15 2013 | 7:05 PM IST
A Pakistani court has awarded two death sentences to a man who raped and killed an eight-year-old girl in the central Punjab province.
Muhammad Usman was sentenced by Additional Sessions Judge Wasimur Rehman Khakwani during a hearing at a court here yesterday.
The judge also ordered Khakwani to pay a fine of Rupees 250,000 to for his offence.
Usman, a resident of Green Town in Lahore, kidnapped Naheem Sonu when she had gone to a market near her home to buy some candies.
He took her to a deserted place and raped and killed her, prosecutors said.

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First Published: Mar 15 2013 | 7:05 PM IST

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