news presentation on encounter of sarabjit singh

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3. Sarabjit Singh, is an Indian citizen, currently
imprisoned in solitary confinement in Pakistan.
Pakistani authorities consider him as Manjit Singh,
convicted for his alleged involvement in 1990 serial
bomb blasts in Lahore and Faisalabad that killed 14
people. Sarabjit claims that he is a farmer and victim of
mistaken identity, who strayed into Pakistan from his
village located on the border, three months after the
bombings. He was given death sentence in 1991, but
his hanging was repeatedly postponed. He is
imprisoned in the Kot Lakhpat jail since 1990. So far
five mercy petitions have been filed on his behalf, in
which Sarabjit maintains that he has suffered twenty
two years of prison for a crime he never committed. On
26th June 2012, it was reported that Pakistan's
President had ordered his release after the petition
was filed on 28th May earlier this year. 5 hours later
this pardon was revoked and it was claimed that
another prisoner Surjeet Singh was released not
Sarabjit. The confusion over the release of Surjeet
Singh instead of Sarabjit Singh has proved to be an
international embarrassment for Pakistan government.
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4. Sarabjit hails from
the Bhikhiwind village located
along the India-Pakistan
border in Tarn Taran
district of Punjab,
India Sarabjit was married
and had two daughters during
the time of his arrest on the
border by Pakistani
authorities. His sister Dalbir
Kaur had been working for
his release.

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6. On the night of August 28, 1990 Sarabjit was
arrested near his village on the Indo-Pakistani
border near Kasur by Pakistani border guards.
Sarabjit claimed that he was a poor farmer who
was drunk and had strayed off the border. The
security forces had arrested him in an
inebriated state, as a case of mistaken identity.
He was initially apprehended for illegally
crossing the India-Pakistani border. But after
eight days, Pakistani police implicated him in
the terrorist bombings. The Pakistani authorities
alleged he was Manjit Singh, responsible for the
string of 4 blasts in Faislabad and Lahore in
1990 in which 14 people were killed, three
months prior to Sarabjit's arrest. It was alleged
that he was arrested while returning back into
India after carrying out the bombings.[12] He
was accused of working for Indian intelligence
and was viewed as a terrorist in Pakistan. He
was convicted of spying and carrying the bomb
blasts and was handed death penalty.

8. Shaukat Salim, a key witness in the
case against Sarabjit, was caught
on tape retracting his statement on
April 26, 2008. Salim's father and
other relatives were killed in the
attack. Although In court and he
had said that Sarabjit was the one
who had planted the bomb. But
later on he accepted that he had
made the statements implicating
Sarabjit under pressure from the
Pakistani police. Meanwhile,
Sarabjit's lawyer Abdul Rana Hamid
told Indian News Channel CNN-
IBN that Salim's statements have no
value as they were never recorded
in court.
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9. Sarabjit Singh’s relatives claim he is a
simple farmer who was arrested after he
strayed across the Pakistani border from
his northern frontier hometown of
Bhikiwind in Punjab state while drunk in
1990. His wife Sukh Prit Kaur, a resident
of Bhikhiwind village of district
Tarantaran, claimed he left to plough his
fields near Wagah Border on August 28,
1990, but never returned[citation needed
]. She said the family launched a search
but could not find any clue to his
whereabouts for nine months and finally
they received a letter from Sarabjit
informing them that he was caught by
Pakistani border forces when he
mistakenly crossed the border under the
influence of liquor.

10. Singh's relatives, including his wife Sukh Prit Kaur, two
daughters Swapan Deep and Poonam Kaur, sister and her
husband, went to Pakistan in a last-ditch attempt to save
him in March 2008 when his hanging was to be carried out.
They met former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and other
Pakistani politicians for his release. Sharif said,"After
seeing the plight of the members of Sarabjit's family who
have come to Pakistan, any person can feel the pain they
are going through."
"We are hopeful that the government of Pakistan will
release Sarabjit Singh after reviewing his death sentence
and our visit to Pakistan will not prove futile",said
Sarabjit’s wife at Gurdwara Dera Sahib after her arrival at
the city via Wagah on Wednesday.
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh took up Sarabjit
Singh’s case with Pakistan High Commissioner Aziz
Ahmed Khan and urged him to convey Delhi’s hope
that Islamabad would treat the matter as a humanitarian
issue.
on 23 August 2005 the case was taken in both the houses
of Indian Parliament, where the government was asked to
take necessary action for his release.
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11. In 2009 a British lawyer Jas Uppal had
started an online campaign
"freesarabjeet.com" to highlight his case
and requesting human rights group to
intervene in his case. Awaish Sheikh
Sarabjit's present lawyer from Pakistan
has been supporting the campaign and
has provided his services free of charge
to Sarabjit.
Bollywood actor and activist Raza
Murad has been campaigning for his
release. Until June 2012 he had collected
a 1,38,226 signatures to support
Sarabjit's release. After a flip-flop by the
Pakistani government regarding his
release in June 2012, he has intensified
his 'Free Sarabjit' campaign .In June
2012, Bollywood actor Salman Khan has
come forward to seek support from
people and media for the release of
Sarabjit. He has started an online petition
from his NGO Being Human in support of
his release

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