Sarabjit Singh's sister threatens self-immolation

Amritsar, Mar 11 (ANI): Sister of Sarabjit Singh on Saturday threatened to self-immolation if governments of India and Pakistan fail to formulate means for Sarabjit's release within a month.

Sarabjit Singh was sentenced to death in 1991 for allegedly spying and carrying out four bomb blasts, killing 14 people in Pakistan.

Pakistan's top court on Thursday dismissed the first of four review petitions filed on behalf of Sarabjit Singh.

"Both the Indian and the Pakistani governments have not taken the matter seriously. Till the time they have never come on a single platform to discuss Sarabjit (Singh's) issue. I would like to gave an ultimatum to both the governments that if they do not solve this issue with honesty and within a month, I will immolate myself on the border," said Dalbir Kaur, Singh's sister.

Singh's defence team had filed four separate petitions for review, one for each of the four bomb blasts, after Pakistan Supreme Court rejected his appeal against his conviction last year.

His lawyer, Rana Abdul Hameed, said in Islamabad a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court dismissed the first petition on technical grounds, saying it had been filed too late.

Singh's family says he is a poor farmer from a border village who accidentally wandered into Pakistan in 1990 in an inebriated state.

Pakistani officials say Singh was arrested while trying to slip back into India after the bomb blasts.

The Indian government has pressed for clemency for Singh but has not made a formal request on his behalf. (ANI)

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