<p>Pakistani police today slapped murder charges against two death row prisoners who were booked for the brutal assault on fellow-inmate Sarabjit Singh, causing injuries which led to his death.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Lahore Police added murder charges to the FIR registered against death row prisoners – Amer Aftab alias Amer Tambewala and Mudassar – who were booked for the attack on 49-year-old Sarabjit on Friday last week.<br /><br />Officials at Kot Lakhpat police station confirmed that they had added Section 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code against Aftab and Mudassar after the death of Sarabjit.<br /><br />Police investigators are yet to complete their probe into the attack.<br /><br />They recorded the statements of both accused but are yet to submit a 'challan' or chargesheet against them in court.<br /><br />They have also failed to trace the weapons used in the assault.<br />Sarabjit died of cardiac arrest in a Lahore hospital in the wee hours today after being comatose for nearly a week following the assault by fellow inmates.<br /><br />"The investigators will visit Kot Lakhpat Jail again today to interrogate the accused in the wake of this new development," a senior police official told PTI on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.<br /><br />The official said the accused had earlier told investigators that they wanted to kill Sarabjit as he was allegedly involved in killing innocent Pakistanis in bomb attacks.<br />The accused had given the same statement to another inquiry team headed by DIG (Prisons) Malik Mubashir.<br /><br />Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal, who is in Lahore, is expected to meet Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi this afternoon.<br /><br />Sarabjit was convicted of alleged involvement in a string of bomb attacks in Punjab province that killed 14 people in 1990 and spent about 22 years in Pakistani prisons.<br />His mercy petitions were rejected by the courts and former President Pervez Musharraf.<br /><br />The previous Pakistan People's Party-led government put off Sarabjit's execution for an indefinite period in 2008.<br /><br />Sarabjit's family says he was the victim of mistaken identity and had inadvertently strayed across the border in an inebriated state.</p>
<p>Pakistani police today slapped murder charges against two death row prisoners who were booked for the brutal assault on fellow-inmate Sarabjit Singh, causing injuries which led to his death.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Lahore Police added murder charges to the FIR registered against death row prisoners – Amer Aftab alias Amer Tambewala and Mudassar – who were booked for the attack on 49-year-old Sarabjit on Friday last week.<br /><br />Officials at Kot Lakhpat police station confirmed that they had added Section 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code against Aftab and Mudassar after the death of Sarabjit.<br /><br />Police investigators are yet to complete their probe into the attack.<br /><br />They recorded the statements of both accused but are yet to submit a 'challan' or chargesheet against them in court.<br /><br />They have also failed to trace the weapons used in the assault.<br />Sarabjit died of cardiac arrest in a Lahore hospital in the wee hours today after being comatose for nearly a week following the assault by fellow inmates.<br /><br />"The investigators will visit Kot Lakhpat Jail again today to interrogate the accused in the wake of this new development," a senior police official told PTI on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.<br /><br />The official said the accused had earlier told investigators that they wanted to kill Sarabjit as he was allegedly involved in killing innocent Pakistanis in bomb attacks.<br />The accused had given the same statement to another inquiry team headed by DIG (Prisons) Malik Mubashir.<br /><br />Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal, who is in Lahore, is expected to meet Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi this afternoon.<br /><br />Sarabjit was convicted of alleged involvement in a string of bomb attacks in Punjab province that killed 14 people in 1990 and spent about 22 years in Pakistani prisons.<br />His mercy petitions were rejected by the courts and former President Pervez Musharraf.<br /><br />The previous Pakistan People's Party-led government put off Sarabjit's execution for an indefinite period in 2008.<br /><br />Sarabjit's family says he was the victim of mistaken identity and had inadvertently strayed across the border in an inebriated state.</p>