TIA NEWS /
India today asked its acting High Commissioner in Islamabad to seek a meeting at the highest possible level in the Pakistan foreign office to seek an early transportation of mortal remains of an Indian national who died under mysterious circumstances in a jail there. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swaroop today tweeted, the envoy has also been instructed to seek official information on cause of death and post mortem report.
50-year-old Kirpal Singh was languishing in a Pakistani jail for nearly 25 years on spying charges and was found dead in his cell on Monday under mysterious circumstances. Kirpal Singh had allegedly crossed Wagah border into Pakistan in 1992 and was arrested. He was subsequently sentenced to death in a serial bomb blasts case in Pakistan’s Punjab province.