Pak court orders probe in Sarabjeet murder case

Lahore: A Pakistani court to probe the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died earlier this month after being assaulted at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial appointed Justice Syed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi to investigate the matter and submit a report to the court.
Police registered a murder case against two death row prisoners Amer Aftab and Mudassar for allegedly assaulting Sarabjit.
Both men told the police that they wanted to kill Sarabjit as he was involved in killing innocent Pakistanis in bomb blasts.
A day after Sarabjit’s death, Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay was assaulted at a jail in Jammu, who later died in a hospital in Chandigarh.