Osama Satti murder case: Two policemen sentenced to death

• Court sentenced two policemen to death
• Three others were sentenced to life imprisonment
• Osama Satti was killed by ATS personnel in Jan 2021

ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Monday sentenced two accused policemen to death in the Osama Satti murder case, Bol News reported.

Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry pronounced the reserved verdict in connection with the case after a youth was shot dead by the policemen.

The court announced the death penalty against two accused, Iftikhar Ahmed and Muhammad Mustafa, and imposed a fine of Rs100,000 each. The court also sentenced three others to life imprisonment.

The court had reserved the verdict of the case on completion of the trial on January 31. The trial of the Osama Satti murder case lasted for two years and one month.

The case was registered against Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officials Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Mustafa, Saeed Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmed, and Mudassar Mukhtar.

In a conversation with Bol News, Osama Satti’s father expressed satisfaction with the decision for providing him justice over his son’s murder.

“I am grateful to Allah. My struggle has been successful,” he said. “It is not an easy task to decide against this police mafia. The decision given by the judge is commendable. I have finally received justice.”

Osama Satti was killed by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel after he reportedly refused to stop his vehicle at a check post in Islamabad. The post-mortem report later found that the youth was shot multiple times from the front.

The incident occurred on January 2, 2021, when Osama went to drop his friend in Sector H-11 at around 2 AM. Police officials intercepted his vehicle in Sector G-10, Srinagar Highway and opened fired from all sides.  Police claimed to have received a tip-off about a robbery in the area.

Five policemen were arrested and a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against them under anti-terrorism and murder provisions.

Three months later, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad removed the terrorism provisions in the murder case and referred the case to a district and sessions court.

A judicial inquiry into the murder of the slain suggested a trial against personnel of the Anti-Terrorism Squad under the Terrorism Act, 1997.

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