The lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was killed in a Pakistani jail by inmates, went missing, reported Express News on Thursday.Lawyer Awais Sheikhs son, Muhammad Haroon, told the media that he left home yesterday but has not returned since.
Since he first took up Sarabjits case in June 2009, Sheikh said he received many threats. People labelled me an Indian agent, while others said I was against the state.Earlier this month, he escaped a kidnapping incident at Wagha Border where he was seeing off Sarabjits family members.
After Sarabjits death, Sheikh had vowed to support Indian inmates languishing in local jails.
Indian prisoner Sarabjit had slipped into a coma after suffering multiple serious injuries when six prisoners attacked him on April 26 at Lahores Kot Lakhpat Jail, hitting him on the head with bricks and fracturing his skull. He passed away earlier this month at Jinnah hospital in Lahore.
Indian newspaper Hindustan Times had reported that Sarabjit had gone to Pakistan for an operation managed by a senior Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official and later became the external intelligence agencys chief.
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