<p>An inquiry was on in the attack on a Pakistani prisoner in a jail in Jammu, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said here Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The incident took place at 8-8.30 a.m. There was an attack on a Pakistani inmate in Jammu jail. An inquiry is being conducted," Shinde told reporters.<br /><br />He, however, refused to comment if it was in retaliation to the attack and consequent death of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan.<br /><br />Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said the case was different from Pakistan and the attacked prisoner would be taken care of.<br /><br />"Unlike Pakistan, here at least there will be an inquiry and we will know what happened," Abdullah said.<br /><br />Sarabjit Singh, who had spent over 20 years in jail in Pakistan, died Thursday in a Lahore hospital. He had been on death row after being convicted as a terrorist.<br /></p>
<p>An inquiry was on in the attack on a Pakistani prisoner in a jail in Jammu, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said here Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The incident took place at 8-8.30 a.m. There was an attack on a Pakistani inmate in Jammu jail. An inquiry is being conducted," Shinde told reporters.<br /><br />He, however, refused to comment if it was in retaliation to the attack and consequent death of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan.<br /><br />Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said the case was different from Pakistan and the attacked prisoner would be taken care of.<br /><br />"Unlike Pakistan, here at least there will be an inquiry and we will know what happened," Abdullah said.<br /><br />Sarabjit Singh, who had spent over 20 years in jail in Pakistan, died Thursday in a Lahore hospital. He had been on death row after being convicted as a terrorist.<br /></p>