Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur, who returned to India with Sarabjit’s wife Sukhpreet Kaur and his daughters Swapandeep and Poonam after meeting him, said she hoped that this time his death sentence would be commuted into life sentence.

On reaching the Indian territory, Dalbir Kaur said that she would like to once again visit Pakistan if she was granted visa.

Kaur, who met Sarabjit along with other family members at Kotlakhpat jail in Lahore, said she spent 48 minutes with him after 18 years.

“I could not even hug my brother and he could not hug his daughters, since he was kept separated by bars. It was very tough time for him when he met his family members and he was struggling hard to hold back his tears,” she said.

“During the meeting, Sarabjit himself prepared tea for his family in the jail and we took it with sweets. Later, he also offered us cold drinks,” Kaur recalled. “Sarabjit is innocent and could never commit a heinous act,” she said.