LAHORE, May 1: Condemned Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was critically injured by fellow prisoners at the Kot Lakhpat Jail on April 26, died of cardiac arrest at the Jinnah Hospital late on Wednesday night shortly after his Glogow Coma Scale (GCS) dropped to zero.

The Principal of Allama Iqbal Medical College, Prof Dr Mahmood Shaukat, confirmed his death.

He told Dawn that Sarabjit’s body had been sent to the mortuary after he was removed from ventilator. He said the postmortem would be performed on Thursday.

He said the condition of the patient was already critical because of low GCS.

Another doctor treating Sarabjit said he suffered a massive heart attack which led to his death. He said the surgeons made an attempt to insert a pacemaker to bring the patient back to life, but to no avail.

APP adds: Earlier, Sarabjit’s wife, two daughters and sister left for home on Wednesday.

Talking to newsmen at the Wagah border, Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur said providing security to foreigners serving jail terms in Pakistan was the responsibility of the government.

She said they were returning to India because of the illness of her nieces.