How Sarabjit Singh, Wrongly Charged With Terror, Was Killed In Lahore Jail

In 1991, Sarabjit Singh was sentenced to death by Pakistan after he was convicted of terrorism and spying.

Sarabjit Singh spent 22 years in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail after being convicted of terrorism before an attack by inmates killed him in 2013. Today, after 11 years, Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, one of the attackers was gunned down by unknown bike-borne assailants in Lahore, the local media reported.

Who Was Sarabjit Singh?

Sarabjit Singh Attwal was born in Bhikhiwind - along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district. He and his wife Sukhpreet Kaur had two daughters - Swapandeep and Poonam Kaur. His sister Dalbir Kaur lobbied relentlessly to secure his release from 1991 till his death in 2013.