After the mysterious death of Indian prisoner Chambail Singh in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, India has decided to send a judicial committee to Pakistan to review the condition of Indian prisoners in prisons there. Top government officials told this newspaper the stage is set for the visit of a four-member panel of jurists from India to Islamabad in April end.
Notably, the issue of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan, is also likely to come up. The panel had met Sarabjit during its last visit to Pakistan when he is learnt to have sought help for an early decision in his case.