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Sanaullah Ranjay: Pakistan inmate family visit India | Sanaullah Ranjay: Pakistan inmate family visit India |
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The family of a Pakistani prisoner who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir is due to visit him in hospital, reports say. | The family of a Pakistani prisoner who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir is due to visit him in hospital, reports say. |
Sanaullah Ranjay's condition in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Chandigarh city continues to be "critical", doctors say. | Sanaullah Ranjay's condition in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Chandigarh city continues to be "critical", doctors say. |
Ranjay suffered injuries in the attack at Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu last week. | Ranjay suffered injuries in the attack at Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu last week. |
He has been in prison for the past 17 years on militancy-related charges. | He has been in prison for the past 17 years on militancy-related charges. |
Police said Ranjay was attacked by a former Indian army soldier convicted of murder after a row between the two men on Friday morning. | |
Pakistan High Commission spokesman Manzoor Ali Memon told AFP news agency that Ranjay's relatives from Pakistan were due to visit him in hospital on Tuesday. | Pakistan High Commission spokesman Manzoor Ali Memon told AFP news agency that Ranjay's relatives from Pakistan were due to visit him in hospital on Tuesday. |
The Press Trust of India news agency reported that the Indian High Commission in Islamabad had granted visas to Ranjay's brother-in-law and cousin. | The Press Trust of India news agency reported that the Indian High Commission in Islamabad had granted visas to Ranjay's brother-in-law and cousin. |
On Monday, Pakistan's top diplomat in India, Salman Bashir, visited Ranjay at the hospital. | On Monday, Pakistan's top diplomat in India, Salman Bashir, visited Ranjay at the hospital. |
"His condition is critical. The outcome [chance of survival] is bleak," Mr Bashir told reporters. | "His condition is critical. The outcome [chance of survival] is bleak," Mr Bashir told reporters. |
The attack on Ranjay happened on the day that an Indian prisoner, who died after being attacked in a Pakistani jail, was being cremated in India. | |
Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death by Pakistan in 1991 for spying, had been attacked with bricks by inmates in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail a week earlier. | |
Pakistan's government has expressed "deep concern" over the attack on Ranjay and said it was "obvious retaliation" for the killing of Sarabjit Singh. | Pakistan's government has expressed "deep concern" over the attack on Ranjay and said it was "obvious retaliation" for the killing of Sarabjit Singh. |