Thrashed Pak prisoner's relatives reach Amritsar
May 07, 2013  14:16
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Two members of the family of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who got critically injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail, arrived in Amritsar via the Wagah-Attari border.

Ranjay's relatives - brother-in-law Mohammed Sehzaad and nephew Mohammed Asif - are expected to reach Chandigarh by late afternoon.

According to television reports, the relatives, who are on a 15 day visa, were received by the officials of Pakistan High Commission at the Attari border.

Till Monday evening, Sanaullah continued to be "critically sick" and in "deep coma", said a medical bulletin from Chandigarh''s Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir visited Sanaullah at the hospital yesterday and said his chances of survival seemed bleak.

Demanding an impartial probe into the attack on Sanaullah, Bashir said, "We want him to be repatriated to Pakistan." However, India on Monday said the Pakistani prisoner's medical condition is such that it does not permit any movement.

"My understanding is that the doctors had examined the condition of the Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay and they felt his condition is such that it does not permit any movement. So, medical condition is such that it precludes any movement of the prisoner," MEA official spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said. 
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