Sarabjit Singh’s kidnapped lawyer recovered
Police say kidnappers abandoned Awais Sheikh on Lahore-Sheikhupura by-pass and fled.
Indian activists pose with pictures of late Sarabjit Singh as they pay tribute to him in Kolkata on May 2, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
LAHORE:
Police recovered the lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was killed in a Pakistani jail by inmates, from the Lahore-Sheikhupura bypass on Thursday, reported Express News.
Lawyer Awais Sheikh’s son, Muhammad Haroon, told the media that his father left home yesterday but did not return. Police initiated an investigation and recovered Sheikh from the by-pass where kidnappers had abandoned him and fled.
Since he first took up Sarabjit’s case in June 2009, Sheikh had said he received many threats. “People labelled me an Indian agent, while others said I was against the state.”
Earlier this month, he escaped a kidnapping incident at Wagha Border where he was seeing off Sarabjit’s family members.
After Sarabjit’s death, Sheikh had vowed to support Indian inmates languishing in local jails.
Indian prisoner Sarabjit had slipped into a coma after suffering multiple serious injuries when six prisoners attacked him on April 26 at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, hitting him on the head with bricks and fracturing his skull.
He passed away earlier this month at Jinnah hospital in Lahore.
Indian newspaper Hindustan Times had reported that Sarabjit had gone to Pakistan for an operation managed by a senior Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official and later became the external intelligence agency’s chief.
Police recovered the lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was killed in a Pakistani jail by inmates, from the Lahore-Sheikhupura bypass on Thursday, reported Express News.
Lawyer Awais Sheikh’s son, Muhammad Haroon, told the media that his father left home yesterday but did not return. Police initiated an investigation and recovered Sheikh from the by-pass where kidnappers had abandoned him and fled.
Since he first took up Sarabjit’s case in June 2009, Sheikh had said he received many threats. “People labelled me an Indian agent, while others said I was against the state.”
Earlier this month, he escaped a kidnapping incident at Wagha Border where he was seeing off Sarabjit’s family members.
After Sarabjit’s death, Sheikh had vowed to support Indian inmates languishing in local jails.
Indian prisoner Sarabjit had slipped into a coma after suffering multiple serious injuries when six prisoners attacked him on April 26 at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, hitting him on the head with bricks and fracturing his skull.
He passed away earlier this month at Jinnah hospital in Lahore.
Indian newspaper Hindustan Times had reported that Sarabjit had gone to Pakistan for an operation managed by a senior Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official and later became the external intelligence agency’s chief.