Anger erupts over Sarabjit's death

May 02, 2013 12:51

The death of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan has sparked anger in India as people denounced Islamabad of ''hatching a conspiracy to kill him''.

Head of Sri Akaal Takhat, the supreme religious body of Sikhs in India, Gurbachan Singh said Sarabjit's death as unfortunate."

"The Pakistan government did not pay heed to the repeated calls made by the Indian government and people. They have killed him by orchestrating an attack on him instead of hanging him," said Singh.

Harcharan Bains, the former media advisor to Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal said, "We want his body to be brought here and we will give him a funeral befitting his stature and befitting the national sentiment," he said.

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