The Dhaka Times Desk There is a saying - Allah keeps, who kills? This has been proven once again in the life of a Pakistani teenager. A teenager named Shafakat Hossain returned from the gallows! But how?
According to media reports, Shafaqat was ordered to be hanged for the murder. The gallows was also prepared. Shafaqat Hossain, who was sentenced to death appeared in white uniform. Just waiting for execution. According to the rules, it is said to write the last wish. And then the drama begins.
The family and his lawyer said he was dressed in a white executioner's uniform. The gallows was also ready. He was then asked to write his last will and after writing it, his execution was suspended. Shafkat Hossain's lawyer said that he was 14 years old when the murder case was filed against him in 2004.
The family's complaint is that brutal torture was carried out on him because he did not confess to the murder. He was given a cigarette. Even his fingernails were pulled out. Shafqat's brother Gul Zaman said his execution has been stayed indefinitely. His mother Makhni Begum said, 'We stayed up all night and prayed to God Almighty. I gave up the hope of seeing him alive again. But thanks to Allah that He saved my little son from this cruel punishment.'
Human rights groups have demanded an investigation into Shafqat's age at the time of the murder and the torture he was subjected to in order to obtain a confession. Gul Zaman also said that he was with Shafqat when he was being prepared for hanging.
'He was dressed in a white uniform to carry out the execution. He was then asked to write his last wish. He (Shafqat) wrote that: 'I am innocent. I did not commit the crime for which they want to hang me. They want to save the criminals and they have already been acquitted.'
It should be noted that according to the law of Pakistan, no one under the age of 18 is sentenced to death. Moreover, extracting confessions through torture is not acceptable in Pakistani law.
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