Post by CCADP on Aug 23, 2005 5:36:17 GMT -5
Family urges Centre to help Indian on death row
Tuesday, 23 August , 2005, 15:45
New Delhi: The family of Sarabjit Singh on Tuesday, who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan, asked the Government of India to take up his case with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
The family say it is a case of mistaken identity. Sarabjit was sentenced for involvement in bomb blasts in Pakistan. Editor's Choice
Pak SC gives death to 'RAW agent'
Vehemently denying that Sarabjit was a 'RAW agent', his elder sister Dalbir Kaur, who met External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh to make a plea for her brother, said the government should send the evidence of his innocence to Musharraf.
"It is a case of mistaken identity. The case is against some Manjit Singh. My brother is innocent and I want the government to talk to Musharraf to save him," Dalbir said.
Accompanied by BJP MPs Navjot Sidhu and Avinash Rai Khanna, and Akali Dal MPs Ratan Singh Ajnar and S S Dhindsa, Dalbir said the External Affairs Minister gave assurance that the government will do all it can to save Sarabjit.
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Tuesday, 23 August , 2005, 15:45
New Delhi: The family of Sarabjit Singh on Tuesday, who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan, asked the Government of India to take up his case with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
The family say it is a case of mistaken identity. Sarabjit was sentenced for involvement in bomb blasts in Pakistan. Editor's Choice
Pak SC gives death to 'RAW agent'
Vehemently denying that Sarabjit was a 'RAW agent', his elder sister Dalbir Kaur, who met External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh to make a plea for her brother, said the government should send the evidence of his innocence to Musharraf.
"It is a case of mistaken identity. The case is against some Manjit Singh. My brother is innocent and I want the government to talk to Musharraf to save him," Dalbir said.
Accompanied by BJP MPs Navjot Sidhu and Avinash Rai Khanna, and Akali Dal MPs Ratan Singh Ajnar and S S Dhindsa, Dalbir said the External Affairs Minister gave assurance that the government will do all it can to save Sarabjit.
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