(UNI) Two prime suspects facing charges of murdering Indian national Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail have been acquitted by a district and sessions in Pakistan court.
According to media reports from Lahore, Amir Tandba and Mudasir Munir who were Singh’s fellow inmates at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore allegedly tortured him to death in 2013.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Moin Khokar ordered the release of suspects after witnesses withdrew their statements, the Dawn reported.
Singh died in a Lahore hospital after suffering severe injuries in the head after being hit by bricks and other blunt weapons. He breathed his five days after being admitted to Lahore Jinnah Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in May, 2013.
Singh had been sentenced to death on charges of espionage and alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Pakistan in 1990 – his sentencing created a huge outcry in India. Several mercy petitions were filed by his lawyers none of which were granted.