The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday demanded that the Centre make "fresh efforts" for securing the early release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan. The demand comes in the wake of Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju writing to the prime minister for the release of Pakistani prisoner Dr Khaleel Chishty, who has been languishing in Indian jails for the past 20 years. The SC judge had sought the release of Chishty, a micro-biologist.
If Dr Khaleel Chishty, a 79-year-old Pakistani accused of murder in 1992, dies in an Indian jail not only would it be a matter of shame, it would also be a setback in bringing home many Indian prisoners in Pakistan, says Shivam Vij.
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