New Delhi: Four members of Sarabjit Singh's family will travel to Pakistan on Sunday to meet the death row convict who is battling for life in Lahore after being brutally assaulted by jail inmates.
The Pakistan High Commission in Delhi has issued 15 days 'gratis visa' to Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam, Swapandeep Kaur and his sister Dalbir Kaur to meet the Indian prisoner who is in "deep coma" and put on ventilator support. Sarabjit, 49, was convicted for alleged involvement in a string of bomb attacks in Punjab province in Pakistan, that killed 14 people in 1990. His mercy petitions were rejected by the courts and former President Pervez Musharraf.
"We have got the visas and we will be crossing over to Pakistan tomorrow (Sunday) morning. Our (visa) papers will reach here (Amritsar) by the evening," Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur told a news agency in Amritsar.
She said that they will cross over to Pakistan on foot from the Attari-Wagah joint check-post, 30 km from here, Sunday. Dalbir will be accompanied by Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur and daughters Swapandeep and Poonam.
"We want to be with Sarabjit in this difficult time. He is all alone. We don't even know what his condition is. We are getting reports only through news channels and his lawyer," said Dalbir.
Police in Lahore have registered a case of attempt to murder against two prisoners, Aamir and Mudassar, who viciously attacked Sarabjit, a media report said.
Sarabjit has been on death row in Pakistan since 1990 after being convicted for bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan that left 14 people dead.
His family claims he is innocent, having inadvertently crossed into Pakistan in August 1990 in an inebriated state, only to be arrested.
Police in Pakistan however claim that Sarabjit Singh, known as Manjit Singh, was involved in terrorist strikes.
The Pakistan High Commission in Delhi has issued 15 days 'gratis visa' to Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam, Swapandeep Kaur and his sister Dalbir Kaur to meet the Indian prisoner who is in "deep coma" and put on ventilator support. Sarabjit, 49, was convicted for alleged involvement in a string of bomb attacks in Punjab province in Pakistan, that killed 14 people in 1990. His mercy petitions were rejected by the courts and former President Pervez Musharraf.
"We have got the visas and we will be crossing over to Pakistan tomorrow (Sunday) morning. Our (visa) papers will reach here (Amritsar) by the evening," Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur told a news agency in Amritsar.
"We want to be with Sarabjit in this difficult time. He is all alone. We don't even know what his condition is. We are getting reports only through news channels and his lawyer," said Dalbir.
Police in Lahore have registered a case of attempt to murder against two prisoners, Aamir and Mudassar, who viciously attacked Sarabjit, a media report said.
Sarabjit has been on death row in Pakistan since 1990 after being convicted for bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan that left 14 people dead.
His family claims he is innocent, having inadvertently crossed into Pakistan in August 1990 in an inebriated state, only to be arrested.
Police in Pakistan however claim that Sarabjit Singh, known as Manjit Singh, was involved in terrorist strikes.
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