Lahore: Two Pakistani death row prisoners accused of involvement in the murder of Sarabjit Singh were assaulted by wardens of Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, official sources said today.
The prisoners - Amer Tamba and Mudassar - misbehaved with a warden during a search of their cell on Thursday. The warden called in more personnel and thrashed them, the sources told PTI.
Following the incident, both men and some other death row prisoners went on hunger strike for a day.
"They were admonished, and not tortured for this," he said, refuting reports that they were beaten up. An inquiry was underway to ascertain how the prisoners got the mobile phones into their high-security barrack, he said.
Meanwhile, a judicial inquiry to ascertain how Tamba and Mudassar got possession of sharp edged "tools" to attack Sarabjit in April is underway but its findings are yet to come to light.
Officials said the one man judicial commission of Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore high court had recorded the statements of some 40 witnesses but is yet to make public its findings.
However, Sarabjit's family did not record their statements, the officials said.
Sarabjit had been sentenced to death for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in 1990.
The prisoners - Amer Tamba and Mudassar - misbehaved with a warden during a search of their cell on Thursday. The warden called in more personnel and thrashed them, the sources told PTI.
Following the incident, both men and some other death row prisoners went on hunger strike for a day.
"They were admonished, and not tortured for this," he said, refuting reports that they were beaten up. An inquiry was underway to ascertain how the prisoners got the mobile phones into their high-security barrack, he said.
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Meanwhile, a judicial inquiry to ascertain how Tamba and Mudassar got possession of sharp edged "tools" to attack Sarabjit in April is underway but its findings are yet to come to light.
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Officials said the one man judicial commission of Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore high court had recorded the statements of some 40 witnesses but is yet to make public its findings.
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However, Sarabjit's family did not record their statements, the officials said.
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Sarabjit had been sentenced to death for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in 1990.
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