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Robber sentenced to 27 years in prison over killing of Karachi medical student Nimra in cross-fire

An antiterrorism court in Karachi on Friday granted 27 years' detainment to a looter over the killing of a female medicinal understudy during a trade of fire with police.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Nimra Baig, a 20-year-old understudy at the Dow University of Health Sciences, was trapped in the cross-fire between a police party and suspected looters close Anda Mor inside the transmit of Sir Syed police headquarters on February 22.

While articulating its decision, the court passed on an aggregate sentence of 27 years to the convict, Muhammad Jumma. He was additionally requested to pay a fine of Rs180,000 or serve an extra sentence on default.

As indicated by the indictment, police constable Adnan and another cop during a normal watch spotted two presumed burglars riding a bike, who attempted to get away.

At the point when they were pursued by the cops, the presumes opened fire at police close Anda Mor. Police fought back and during the trading of discharge Nimra, a bystander, was hit by a solitary projectile that demonstrated lethal. She capitulated to her injuries at a medical clinic later.

Police had at first asserted that Nimra was slaughtered by slugs discharged by the looters, however the after death assessment completed at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center uncovered that the projectile being referred to had been shot from a "high-speed weapon".

A police group entrusted with examining the understudy's demise had additionally arrived at the resolution that she was murdered by a projectile terminated by the law-implementation work force, sources had told Dawn in March.

One of the two looters, Riaz, was additionally slaughtered in the terminating while his accessory Muhammad Jumma was captured in harmed condition and took a stab at various charges.

A body of evidence against the convict was stopped under Sections 353 (attack or criminal power to dissuade local official from release of his obligation), 324 (endeavor to kill) and 34 (regular aim) of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 (discipline for demonstrations of psychological oppression) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, at the Sir Syed police headquarters.

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