Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan in 1990, will be hanged on April 1 in a prison in Lahore.
Authorities at the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore, where the Indian national has been held for the last 17 years, have received the death warrant, Urdu newspaper Daily Express reported on Sunday.
The mercy petition of Sarabjit, who Pakistan claims is Manjit Singh, was rejected by President Pervez Musharraf on March 3. Sarabjit’s mercy petition was sent to Musharraf along with that of Indian prisoner Kashmir Singh, who was freed after spending 35 years in Pakistani jails.
The petition was rejected by the President after “thorough consideration” as the allegations against him “were proved and he was awarded capital punishment by a court,” official sources said.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court too had rejected Sarabjit’s plea for clemency in March 2006.
Following the rejection of Sarabjit’s mercy petition, the interior ministry had informed the government of Punjab province to take steps to carry out his death sentence.
SISTER RUSHES TO DELHI Amritsar/Chandigarh, PTI: Shocked by the news of a death warrant reportedly being served on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, his family and the Punjab government on Sunday urged PM Manmohan Singh to immediately take up the matter with the Pakistan government.
Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur rushed to Delhi where she was scheduled to meet Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and had also sought an audience with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi besides the PM.
Does India hang any of the terrorists involved in the many bombings across India?
If Pakistan does this hanging, then all things being equal, it is time to server warrant that all Pakistanis involved in terrorist activities in India could face the same justice.
In the meantime, they securely protect the likes of Osama bin Laden and other involved in the 9/11 bombings, and Messrs Dawood and company. These are hyporites, the likes of which the world has not so far seen.
