Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh dies in Kot Lakhpat jail Lahore Pakistan. He expired at the hospital.
Kirpal Singh involved in a bombing at Faisalabad Railway Station in 1991. He sentenced to death for spying and terrorism.
Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh dies in Kot Lakhpat jail Lahore Pakistan.
He transferred to the hospital on Monday after his health suddenly deteriorated, jail officials said.
He expired at the hospital. His body sent to the police for postmortem.
Kirpal Singh, 50, allegedly crossed Wagah border into Pakistan in 1992 and arrested.
He subsequently sentenced to death in a serial bomb blasts case in Punjab province.
“Kirpal Singh found dead at his cell in early hours of Monday at Kot Lakhpat Jail,” an official told.
A judicial magistrate also called who recorded the statements of some prisoners about the death of Kirpal.
Authorities called police to shift the body to the dead house. Prisoner died of natural death.
However, autopsy will tell the exact cause of death.
Kirpal Singh, hails from Gurdaspur district in Punjab, reportedly acquitted of bomb blast charges.
But his death sentence could not be commuted because of unknown reasons.
Jagir Kaur, Kirpal’s sister, had earlier said that the family couldn’t raise voice for his release due to financial constraints and no politician came forward to plead his case.
Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh dies in Pakistani jail
Earlier, in last week of April, 2013, Indian prisoner on death row Sarabjit Singh was brutally attacked and murdered by his fellow prisoners at Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Both accused – Muhammad Muddasar and Amir Tamba also condemned prisoners – are facing trial of his murder at the jail.
Sarabjit arrested on charges of conducting four bomb blasts in Faisalabad.
A judicial magistrate also called who recorded the statements of some prisoners about the death of Kirpal.
Multan and Lahore that killed 14 bystanders in 1990. He sentenced to death.
