Sarabjit Singh’s body brought to Amritsar

Amritsar: The body of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was on Thursday night brought to Amritsar onboard a special Air India aircraft from Lahore, where he died following a murderous assault in a jail.
The body is to be taken to Government Hospital for autopsy and would be handed over to the family at village Bikhiwind for a state funeral on Friday.
Punjab government has announced a financial assistance of Rs one crore for the family of Sarabjit and declared a three-day state mourning.
Flags will fly half mast on all government buildings and there will be no official ceremonial functions during this period, an official spokesman said.
The previous Pakistan Peoples Party-led government put off Sarabjit’s execution for an indefinite period in 2008. Sarabjit’s family says he was the victim of mistaken identity and had strayed across the border in an inebriated state.