Sanaullah Ranjay, the Pakistani prisoner who was hit on the head with a hammer by another inmate in a Jammu jail, died in a Chandigarh hospital today. India has assured Pakistan that it would make all necessary arrangements to facilitate his body be sent back home.
Here are five facts about Sanaullah Ranjay
- Sanaullah was a resident of Daluwali in Sialkot district of Pakistan.
- He was 54 years old and was serving a life-term in the Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu for the last 17 years.
- Sanaullah was accused of detonating bombs at electric towers and government buildings in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990.
- He was arrested in 1996 and charged with involvement in a bomb blast at Katra near the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in 1994 which left 10 people dead.
- He crossed over to India illegally with the help of another accused Kehar, who died during trial.
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