His sister, wife, and 2 daughters vowed in a Gurdwara that the will hang themselves and die if he was hanged. There were also rumors that he had embraced Islam and become Sarfraz Ahmed which were rejected by his family. Kashmir Singh was released, but few days ago a Pakistani's body reached Pakistan. This man had gone to India in 2005 to watch cricket matches and lost his passport. He was arrested as a spy after some "crucial" papers were found in his possession. His body bore torture signs as seen by his family while India said he wasn't tortured.
Is this Pakistan's response to India's ungratefulness?
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Islamabad, March 16: Indian national Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan in 1990, will be hanged on April 1 in a prison in Lahore.
The death warrant for Sarabjit was received by authorities at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore where he has been held for the last 17 years and will be executed on April 1, the Urdu newspaper Daily Express reported.
The mercy petition of Sarabjit, who Pakistan claims is Manjit Singh, was rejected by President Pervez Musharraf on March 3.
Sarabjit's mercy petition was sent to Musharraf along with that of Indian prisoner Kashmir Singh, who was freed after spending 35 years on death row in Pakistani jails.
There was no official confirmation of the development.
Sarabjit was sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan that killed about 14 people. His family denies he was a spy as claimed by Pakistan and insists he accidentally strayed into Pakistani territory.
In his mercy petition sent to Musharraf, Sarabjit had sought his release on the grounds that he was innocent and wrongly implicated.
The petition was rejected by the President after "thorough consideration" as the allegations against him "were proved and he was awarded capital punishment by court", official sources said.
Pakistan's Supreme Court too had rejected Sarabjit's plea for clemency in March 2006.
Following the rejection of Sarabjit's mercy petition by the President, the interior ministry had informed the government of Punjab province to take steps to carry out his death sentence.
