LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for deputy superintendent of Kot Lakhpat central jail for not joining trial proceedings of Indian spy Sarabjit Singh’s murder in prison.

The jail officer failed to appear before the court despite repeated summons issued to him. Taking strong notice of the officer’s conduct, the judge issued bailable arrest warrants and directed the Lahore CCPO to ensure appearance of the deputy superintendent on Feb 17.

Suspects Amir Tamba and Mudassar had been indicted in the murder case. They were fellow prisoners of Singh and allegedly tortured him to death in May 2013.

Published in Dawn, February 15th, 2017