Pakistani prisoner dies in India after revenge beating
By Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Sanaullah Haq, a convicted Pakistani militant jailed in India died on Thursday in hospital after being beaten by another inmate in an apparent revenge attack for the death of Indian spy prisoner Sarabjit Singh, threatening already fraught relations between the two nations.
The death of Haq, also known as Sanaullah Ranjay, came a week after Singh died in
"Although it's scant consolation I'd like to offer a sincere apology to the family of Sanaullah Haq & my sympathies for their loss," Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of
Haq, 64, had been in and out of Indian jails since 1989 for spying and "subversive activities," a senior police officer said. He was badly beaten last week in the prison gardens by a jailed Indian soldier, the prison superintendent said at the time, in an apparent revenge attack for the similar, fatal beating of Sarabjit Singh, the convicted Indian spy who died in
Singh was given a formal funeral, including a 21 gun salute, by the government of Punjab in his home town close to the border with
BITTER TIES
The Pakistani government issued a travel advisory to its citizens on Tuesday, asking them to "exercise due caution and care" in
In January, two Pakistani and two Indian soldiers were killed in an outbreak of violence in the disputed
The Indian army launched a "massive" operation this week along the de facto border with
The police chief in the snow-bound forested district told Reuters the army was still hunting for the suspected militants.
Despite the recent strains, India-Pakistan relations have improved after nose-diving in 2008 when gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai in a three-day rampage that
Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in
(Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari; Additional reporting and writing by Anurag Kotoky in
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Pakistani prisoner dies in India after revenge beating
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