Pakistan, April 15 -- An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday announced the verdict in the honey trap-blackmailing case of script-writer Khalilur Rehman Qamar, it was reported.

The court sentenced Amna Urooj, Mamnoon Haider, and Zeeshan Shah to seven years in prison each.

However, the ATC judge, Arshad Jawed, acquitted the alleged mastermind of the plot, Hasan Shah, along with eight other accused individuals in the case. Renowned scriptwriter claimed that he was abducted and robbed in Lahore. On the same day the Lahore police busted a 12-member gang, including the prime female suspect, that allegedly kidnapped and robbed the well-known dramatist.

In September, Qamar filed an application for the return of his belongings in the honey tra...