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Pakistan inmate Sanaullah Ranjay dies in India hospital | Pakistan inmate Sanaullah Ranjay dies in India hospital |
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A Pakistani prisoner who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir has died in hospital, doctors say. | A Pakistani prisoner who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir has died in hospital, doctors say. |
Doctors say Sanaullah Ranjay, who was in a coma, died of multi-organ failure at a hospital in India's Chandigarh city early on Thursday. | Doctors say Sanaullah Ranjay, who was in a coma, died of multi-organ failure at a hospital in India's Chandigarh city early on Thursday. |
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. |
"His condition was extremely critical. He died early morning," a doctor at the hospital told the AFP news agency. | |
Ranjay was attacked by a former Indian army soldier convicted of murder after a row between the two men on 3 May, police said. The former soldier has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody. | |
The attack on Ranjay happened on the day that an Indian prisoner, who died after being attacked in a Pakistani jail, was cremated in India. | The attack on Ranjay happened on the day that an Indian prisoner, who died after being attacked in a Pakistani jail, was 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. | 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. |
On Tuesday, two members of Ranjay's family - brother-in-law Mohammed Sehzaad and nephew Mohammed Asif - visited him in hospital in India. | |
On Wednesday, India's Supreme Court said it was "pained and concerned" at the attack on Ranjay and wondered why adequate steps were not being taken to protect prisoners. | |
"We are more concerned why such incidents are happening in jails. Lives of inmates are put in danger. It is a serious matter and can't be accepted," the court said. | |
India says the attack is being investigated and the "guilty will be punished". | |
A foreign ministry spokesman said an "advisory had been issued to strengthen security for Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails". | |
There were 535 Indian prisoners, including 483 fishermen, in Pakistani jails and 272 Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails, the spokesman said. |