A startling incident unfurled in Lahore today as Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, a key linchpin in the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh and known accomplice of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Sayeed, fell prey to a mortal attack by unidentified gunmen. Reports state that Tamba was bushwack by assailants on motorcycles in Lahore’s Islampura area, sustaining severe injuries. Despite efforts to save him, “Tamba passed away after being rushed to a nearby hospital unable to recover from his wounds.
The tragic event rekindles memories of Sarabjit Singh’s unexpected demise in 2013. Singh, aged 49, passed away at Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital following a heart attack, triggered by a callous, inhuman behavior he suffered at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. Tamba’s implication in this incident deepens the gravity of today’s development, shedding light on the tangled web of connections between individuals and organizations in such matters.
“Sarabjit Singh was an Indian national, faced an agonizing ordeal by a group of ferocious Pakistani prisoners wielding bricks and iron rods. Days later, he succumbed to his injuries and his body was flown to India.
The incident embodied when he had been sentenced to death. Sarabjit Singh’s family claims that he mistakenly crossed the Pakistan border while farming.He was supposedly convicted of involvement in multiple bombings in Pakistan’s Punjab province back in 1990 and was thereafter sentenced to death.
In 2016, a Hindi feature film titled ‘Sarabjit’ was released, starring actors Randeep Hooda and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film was based on the account of Dalbir Kaur and her ordeal seeking the release of her brother.
