GILGIT: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday convicted two people of a student’s gang-rape and handed down capital punishment to them.

Judge Raja Shahbaz Khan also sentenced them to 34 years imprisonment and Rs2 million fine.

The court found Shakeel Ahmad and Ahmad Husain guilty of kidnapping and raping a first-year girl student in Skardu earlier this year.

Both convicts and their victim belong to the same village of Skardu, Olding.

The girl had complained to the police that the two boys had kidnapped her in the village when she was on the way to a tuition centre, took her to the nearby town of Sadpara and raped her.

She had also claimed the rapists tortured her and took her pictures on cellphone to blackmail.

While announcing the verdict in the case, the court observed that the convicts could file an appeal against it in the next 15 days.

A similar case was also reported in Gilgit city three weeks ago.

The police said three people had allegedly kidnapped a girl of Jutial Gilgit and raped her at a deserted place in Gilgit city.

They said the girl claimed the alleged rapists had taken her pictures on cellphone and blackmailed her. The police said the suspects were in their custody and that investigation into the incident was underway.