Lahore [Pakistan] : One of the accused in the brutal killing of Indian national Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat jail in 2013 was seriously injured after an unidentified motorcyclist opened fire on him.
Aamir Sarfraz Tamba was seriously injured in the attack that took place in Lahore’s Islampura area, but during the treatment doctors declare him dead.
Police said Tamba was taken to the hospital for treatment as forces rushed to the site of the incident. The police cordoned off the area to conduct searches to find the assailants.
Sarabjit Singh was a farmer from Bhikhiwind town (Amritsar) in Punjab, who used to live near the India-Pakistan border, and who mistakenly crossed the border while he was drunk. However, he was sentenced to death by a Pakistani court in 1991.
Singh was kept in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore for 22 years and after that, he was beaten up by his inmates and was taken to hospital. Singh was declared dead by doctors at Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital after being comatose for five days due to severe injuries in the head after an attack on him on the jail premises in 2013.
In December 2018, the Lahore District and Sessions Court acquitted Tamba and co-accused Mudassar of all charges in the case of Sarabjit Singh in captivity. The court mentioned a lack of evidence as a reason for the acquittal of Tamba and Mudassar.
Tamba was resting when assailants attack
As per the FIR, filed by his brother, Tamba was resting in the first floor of their home when two men, in their late 20s , wearing a mask and a helmet entered their house and shot at Tamba who was critically injured. He later died in the hospital. Atleast 22 individuals, who were a part of anti -India operations or terror activities, have been killed in Pakistan in the last 3 years. All by unidentified gunmen.