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| Sarabjit Singh dies in Pak Jail |
| 2013-05-03 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] An Indian man on death row in Pakistain for spying died yesterday nearly a week after he was attacked by fellow prisoners, pushing the fraught India-Pakistain equation to a new low. ...and everybody was just so surprised... Sarabjit Singh, who was sentenced 16 years ago over deadly bombings, died in the early hours as a result of the savage assault in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail, a senior doctor at Jinnah hospital in the eastern city told AFP. The 49-year-old went into a coma after suffering numerous serious injuries when six prisoners attacked him on April 26, hitting him on the head with bricks and fracturing his skull. "The criminals responsible for the barbaric and murderous attack on Sarabjit Singh must be brought to justice," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on his official Twitter page. India complained that its diplomats were denied access to the prisoner as he fought for his life, and the premier said it was "particularly regrettable" that Pakistain had not responded to appeals "to take a humanitarian view of this case". The body of Sarabjit Singh was brought to Amritsar onboard a special Air India aircraft from Lahore later after the post-mortem on his body. Meanwhile, ...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob... India's main opposition party BJP demanded that India call back its high commissioner in Pakistain and scale down diplomatic relations with Islamabad. BJP president Rajnath Singh told news hounds in Delhi that Sarabjit's murder could have been prevented if India had taken effective diplomatic steps in the past. Narendra Modi, a big shot in India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, termed Sabarjit's death as an extrajudicial killing in an election rally in southern Mangalore. There were angry protests in Singh's native Bhikhiwind village in northern Punjab state, where Pakistain flags were burned. Protests and vigils were also reported in other parts of the country including the capital New Delhi. Pakistain insists regular consular access was granted to Singh and said doctors did everything possible to save him before his death from cardiac arrest. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 it's always cardiac arrest at the end |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-05-03 08:01 |