This Article is From May 03, 2013

Sarabjit Singh's last rites performed with full state honours


May 03, 2013 14:59 (IST)
Sarabjit Singh's funeral draws thousands; Rahul Gandhi, Punjab Chief Minister present
Sarabjit Singh's wife and two young daughters clung to the coffin that held his body and wept. His sister, Dalbir Singh, who fought hard for years to secure his release from a Pakistani jail, bowed her head. Several Punjab policemen in uniform then carried away Mr Singh's body, draped in the Tricolour, for the final rites.
May 03, 2013 14:45 (IST)
In pictures: Sarabjit Singh's funeral held with full state honours

May 03, 2013 14:24 (IST)
Rahul Gandhi, Punjab chief minister among thousands at Sarabjit's funeral
May 03, 2013 13:25 (IST)
Sarabjit Singh's body being moved from the school to the cremation ground which is about half a kilometre away.
May 03, 2013 13:14 (IST)
Rahul Gandhi lands in Amritsar to attend Sarabjit Singh's cremation.
May 03, 2013 13:01 (IST)
Nearly four thousand people have gathered for Sarabjit Singh's funeral in his ancestral village.
May 03, 2013 12:34 (IST)
In Pictures: Sarabjit Singh's last journey

May 03, 2013 11:54 (IST)
Several politicians from the state and the Centre are expected to attend the last rites.
May 03, 2013 11:54 (IST)
From the school, his body will be taken to the cremation ground.

May 03, 2013 11:53 (IST)
Hundreds of people gathered as an ambulance carried his body through the narrow streets of the village.

May 03, 2013 11:53 (IST)
Sarabjit's body has been moved to a school near his home in Bhikiwind village.

May 03, 2013 11:48 (IST)
May 03, 2013 11:45 (IST)
Hundreds of people have gathered already and more are expected by afternoon when the funeral takes place



May 03, 2013 10:51 (IST)
Pakistani prisoner reportedly attacked in Jammu jail

A prisoner from Pakistan has reportedly been attacked and injured in a jail in Jammu.  He has been moved to hospital.

The attack comes on a day when Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row convict who died after a fatal assault in a Lahore jail, is being cremated in his village in Punjab.

May 03, 2013 10:24 (IST)
Manish Tewari, Information and Broadcasting Minister, says:

  • Today is a very sad day
  • On this day the entire nation should be together
  • The truth is that in 2005 the PM raised the issue of Sarabjit Singh ji with Pakistan government
  • We should try that we should put pressure on Pakistan and make sure that all the other soldiers in Pakistan's custody are safe

May 03, 2013 10:08 (IST)
Speaking to NDTV today, Sarabjit's sister once again accused the government of not doing enough to save her brother. "Government acted too late," she said and urged the government to focus on "concentrated efforts to bring back other Indian prisoners in Pakistan."
May 03, 2013 09:07 (IST)
Markets and other businesses in Bhikiwind, Sarabjit's ancestral village, are closed and people from neighbouring villages are pouring in to pay their respect. All roads lead to the house of the man who, his family says, strayed across the border one night 22 years ago and returned in a coffin.
May 03, 2013 09:05 (IST)
The entire Akali-Dal-led Punjab cabinet is expected for Sarabjit's state funeral, as are politicians from other parties.

May 03, 2013 09:04 (IST)


Sarabjit Singh's body, draped in the Indian Tricolour, has reached his home in the Punjab village of Bhikiwind. Hundreds of people have gathered already and more are expected by afternoon when the last rites will be conducted for the Indian prisoner who died yesterday in a Pakistan hospital after being brutally attacked in jail.
May 03, 2013 08:47 (IST)
Sarabjit Singh will be accorded a state funeral at his village in Punjab this afternoon.
May 02, 2013 20:18 (IST)
Sarabjit Singh's body being taken to his ancestral village by helicopter. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm.
May 02, 2013 19:45 (IST)
Plane carrying Sarabjit Singh's body lands in Amritsar.
May 02, 2013 19:22 (IST)
Special plane to land in Amritsar; two ministers - Manish Tewari and Praneet Kaur - will represent the government at the Amritsar airport.
May 02, 2013 19:20 (IST)
Plane carrying Sarabjit Singh's body has taken off from Lahore. Will land in Amritsar. Read more here
May 02, 2013 18:53 (IST)

Plane carrying Sarabjit Singh's body to take off from Lahore airport in 10 minutes, paperwork complete

May 02, 2013 18:51 (IST)
From Amritsar, a helicopter will fly Mr Singh's body to Bhikhiwind, his ancestral village in Punjab. The state government has declared him a martyr and has decided to accord him a state funeral there tomorrow.
May 02, 2013 18:51 (IST)
Officials said India is extremely upset about the delay. The plane was scheduled to land in Amritsar after the short flight by 5.15 pm, but it has not yet taken off from Lahore. It has been over two hours since Pakistan handed over Mr Singh's body to Indian officials.
May 02, 2013 18:51 (IST)
Plane carrying Sarabjit Singh's body delayed in Pakistan, India upset
The special plane sent by India to bring back the body of Sarabjit Singh has been delayed due to basic paperwork not being done at the Lahore airport, compounding the anguish of hundreds of people and Mr Singh's family now waiting in Amritsar to receive his body.
 
May 02, 2013 16:21 (IST)
Syed Akbaruddin, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson says:

  • An aircraft has taken from Delhi, it will reach Lahore by 4:45 pm
  • It is expected that aircraft will fly from Lahore to Amritsar. Two officials of the Indian High Comm will be on board. Preneet Kaur will receive the aircraft
  • All of us have been toiling to ensure an Indian's life is helped. You think this sort of an issue will be raised with Indian High Commission. This issue is off the table. No such issue was raised. I resent allusion to such possibility. (On taking Sarabjit off life support)
  • Primary focus is to get Sarabjit's mortal remains here and that he be given a proper funeral
  • Everything possible is being done at all levels
  • If we had thought that this case didn't deserve attention on grounds of humanitarian grounds we wouldn't have raised this issue at all
  • When Chamel Singh died we constituted a judicial committee which would inspect the conditions of indian prisoners in Pakistan and report to us. But sadly before the commission could reach Pak, Sarabjit Singh was in hospital
  • When Chamel Singh died we constituted a judicial committee which would inspect the conditions of Indian prisoners in Pak and report to us. But sadly before the commission could reach Pak, Sarabjit Singh was in hospital
  • India and Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners on Jan 1 every year


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