Attacked Pakistani prisoner in Indian jail critical: Hospital

Sanaullah Haq's multiple brain capillaries have been damaged due to injuries, doctors reveal.

NEW DEHLI: Sanaullah Haq, a Pakistani prisoner in an Inidan Kashmir jail, remains in critical condition with no neurological improvement, Times of India reported on Sunday.

“His [Haq's] blood pressure had been going down, so a third vasopressor had to be added (yesterday),” the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), where he was shifted shortly after the attack, said in reference to Sanaullah's condition.

In a tit-for-tat for the attack on Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, Sanaullah was hit with a very sharp weapon in a Jammu jail on Friday and was airlifted to Chandigarh for medical aid.

Attacked by an ex-Indian army convict Vinod Kumar, Sanaullah medical’s condition showed he was subjected to “multiple assaults of unspeakable savagery”, said Pakistan High Commission officials.

Earlier, a CT scan detected multiple contusions with severe brain edema (brain capillaries damaged due to head injury) caused by severe head injuries.

A team of doctors, including a neurosurgeon, are looking after Haq in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Representatives of Pakistan High Commission visited the critical prisoner and will get updates regarding his condition from doctors today, the TOI reported.

Haq, accused of detonating bombs at electricity pylons and government buildings in the disputed Kashmir state in 1990, was sentenced to eight years in jail by a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in 2008.