India to hand over Pakistani prisoner's body today
Last updated on: 01 March,2019 11:55 pm
Shakirullah was killed at Rajasthan’s Jaipur Central Jail on February 20
NEW DEHLI (Dunya News) – India will hand over Pakistani prisoner, who was stoned to death in the Indian jail, to Pakistani authorities on Saturday.
Sources said Shakirullah’s dead body will be handed over to Pakistani authorities at Wagah border on Saturday.
Shakirullah was killed at Rajasthan’s Jaipur Central Jail on February 20 amid mounting tensions over a suicide bombing in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
The Pakistani prisoner had been eight years into a life term when he was attacked at the Jaipur central jail in the western Indian state of Rajasthan.
A Pakistani prisoner was killed by fellow inmates in a Kashmir jail in May 2013 in retaliation for a fatal attack on an Indian prisoner in a Pakistani jail.
In a statement released by the foreign ministry, Pakistan said it is "gravely concerned" over the brutal killing of its prisoner, identified as Shakirullah.
"Our High Commission in New Delhi has officially raised the issue with the Indian authorities requesting them to urgently authenticate the report and awaits a response," the statement said.
"We call upon the Indian government to fulfill its obligations and ensure provision of foolproof security to all Pakistani inmates in Indian jails and Pakistani visitors to India."