Pakistan hands death sentence to Raw agent for Kashmiri commander murder

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) court in Islamabad handed death sentence to a Raw agent for murder of a former Kashmiri commander Bashir Ahmed Wani.

In the verdict, which was announced on the occasion of Kashmir day, ATC judge Tahir Abbas Sipra handed death penalty twice to the Indian spy Shahzeb alias Zebi and imprisonment ranging from 35 to 40 years to five other convicts.

Former Kashmiri commander was killed in 2023 on the outskirts of Islamabad in Burma Town.

Following the incident, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Police arrested six individuals and charged them under various sections, including anti-terrorism and murder.

Additionally, Moez Ahmed and Faizan Kayani received 40 years and 9 months of imprisonment, while Mehran Younis, Nauman Sattar, and Arsalan Wajid were each sentenced to 35 years and 9 months in prison.

The court also determined that the accused had received funding from the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for acts of terrorism.