LAHORE: Family members of Indian spy and death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is in coma after a murderous attack on him by fellow prisoners in a Lahore jail, arrived here in Pakistan on Sunday afternoon to visit him in a hospital in the metropolis.
Led by Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur, his wife Sukhpreet Kaur and daughters Swapandeep and Poonam crossed the Attari-Wagah joint check post on their way to Lahore, some 20 km from the international border between India and Pakistan.
Before leaving to Pakistan, the family offered prayers at Harmandir Sahib, the holiest of Sikh shrines in Amritsar, popularly known as Golden Temple.
The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi issued the visas to the family on Saturday evening as a special case after doctors in Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital hospital described Sarabjit’s condition as “critical” and “in deep coma”.
Dalbir Kaur said the family has been granted visas for 15 days to visit Pakistan. Authorities there have allowed one member of the family to be with Sarabjit in hospital.
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