After he was attacked by another
inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu last week, Pakistani Prisoner Sanaullah Haq
died in the hospital overnight, officials said.
Sanuallah died on Wednesday night
from renal failure in a hospital in Chandigarh city of India, from serious head
injuries he received in an attack by another inmate. According to a senior
doctor, his condition was extremely critical.
Omar Abdullah, the chief minister
of Jammu and Kashmir states, wrote on twitter, “Although it’s a scant
consolation, I’d like to offer a sincere apology to the family of Sanaullah Haq
and my sympathies for their loss.”
The attack, which happened when a
row brewed between Sanaullah and a murder convict, occurred on May 3, the day
an Indian prisoner was cremated in India after dying from a similar attack in a
Pakistani jail.
It will be recalled that Sarabjit
Singh, who was convicted for spying in 1991, was attacked with bricks by
inmates in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore
only a week earlier. The attack on Sanuallah is seen as a form of revenge for
the death of Sarabjit in Pakistan.
India Supreme Court said they
have been more concerned why such incidents are happening in jails, as the
lives of inmates are constantly put in danger. They added that it is a serious
matter and can’t be accepted.
Only last week, Pakistan called
on India to punish the attacker, saying that the assault was “condemnable”. During the weekend, protests were carried out in Kashmir over the attack on
Sanuallah.
New Delhi has announced that the
attack is being investigated, and the “guilty will be punished”
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