Jammu: A prisoner from Pakistan has reportedly been attacked and injured in a jail in Jammu. He has been moved to hospital where he is reported to be in a coma. He was serving a life sentence for terrorist activities and was jailed in 1999.
His attacker was allegedly a murder convict from Uttarakhand.
The violence comes on a day when Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row convict who died after a fatal assault by a group of men in a Lahore jail, is being cremated in his village in Punjab.
Worried about retaliatory attacks in India, the Home Ministry last evening had asked all states to increase the security for nearly 200 Pakistani prisoners who are in jail across the country.
Sarabjit Singh’s attack and death in Lahore have caused the latest flare-up of tension between Pakistan and India with Dr Manmohan Singh stating, “The criminals responsible for the barbaric and murderous attack on him must be brought to justice.”
49-year-old Sarabjit died in hospital in Lahore yesterday and his body was flown home on a special plane sent by the Indian government. He had spent 22 years in jail after being convicted for terrorism. His family said he was innocent.
Pakistan had turned down three appeals from India to send him home for treatment.
Sarabjit Singh was hit with bricks on his head a week ago by a group of six prisoners and was rushed to hospital in a coma and with serious brain injuries. Two of the prisoners who allegedly attacked him have been charged with murder.
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