Hafiz Sayeed's Aide, Accused Of Killing Sarabjeet Singh, Shot Dead In Lahore

Lahore: The wanted Pakistani underworld don, who was behind Indian National Sarabjit Singh's killing inside Pakistan jail, was on Sunday allegedly shot dead by a few unknown assailants in Lahore. The deceased, identified as Amir Sarfaraz, allegedly had killed Sarabjit Singh in Lahore jail in the year 2013. According to the sources, Sarfaraz was reportedly assassinated by two unidentified attackers, in what appeared to be a targetted killing in Lahore on Sunday.

Amir Sarfraz was named in the killing of Sarabjit Singh inside Pakistan’s Kot Lakhpat jail in 2013, following which he was also arrested in the case. However, Sarfraz was acquitted by a Pakistani court in 2018, citing "lack of evidence" against him. He was released by the Lahore Court in December 2018.

Reports suggest that Amir Sarfaraz and Mudasir Munir were Sarabjit Singh's fellow inmates at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore. As per the allegations, both of them physically tortured Singh in jail leading to his death in 2013. It is being said that Sarabjit Singh was attacked by inmates, including Amir Sarfraz, a few days after the death of Afzal Guru in India.

Sarabjit Singh had died in Lahore after suffering severe injuries in the head. It was being alleged that he was hit by bricks and other blunt weapons inside the jail. However, reportedly due to lack of evidence, Sarfaraz was released from the jail in December 2018.

Singh, a resident of Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, was awarded a death sentence for spying charges and allegedly killing at least 14 Pakistani citizens in bomb blasts in Punjab province in 1990. The allegations were levelled by the Pakistani authorities, which was vehemently refuted by his family and Indian authorities.

The family of Sarabjit Singh claimed that he mistakenly crossed over the Indian border to Pakistan while farming, following which he was arrested in Pakistan. Singh, spent 23 years in a Pakistani jail, before being allegedly killed in May 2013. The Pakistani authorities had however claimed that Singh died following a cardiac arrest.

Singh’s body was later flown back to India, days later, he succumbed to his injuries.