NEW DELHI: Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner convicted for his alleged involvement in a series of bombings in Lahore and Faisalabad that killed 14 people, was an agent of Indian intelligence agency RAW which launched a number of secret missions in Pakistan in 1990s to destabilize it, a former Indian intelligence officer acknowledged.
The officer told Indian media that the spy Sarabjit was sent to Pakistan in 1990s on a special secret mission.
Sarabjit had completed his task but was arrested by the Pakistani authorities when returning back to India, he said.
The 49-year-old Sarabjit Singh, who was sentenced to death 16 years ago on espionage charges, died in Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital on late Wednesday night after lying in a comatose state for the last five days.
Singh went into a coma after suffering multiple serious injuries when six prisoners attacked him on April 26 at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, hitting him on the head with bricks and fracturing his skull.
DND
