Funeral prayers for Shakirullah offered in Dhaska

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SIALKOT (DNA News) – Funeral prayers for Shakirullah, a Pakistani prisoner who was beaten to death in Jaipur Central Jail of India, have been offered in Daska city of Punjab on Sunday.Meanwhile, India has not provided a postmortem report and details of the incident which India called a “scuffle” between fellow inmates in the television room in the jail, which resulted fatalPakistan has been demanding fair investigation into the matter and bringing the culprits to justice.Gujranwala commissioner, regional police officer (RPO) and a large number of people including members of civil society attended his funeral prayers.A six-member team of doctors had earlier conducted his autopsy to examine the nature of death.Shakirullah accidentally crossed into India in 2003 and was jailed on the charges of espionage.He was serving a 20-year jail term after he had been arrested and convicted under India’s Unlawful Activi¬ties (Preven¬tion) Act in 2011.Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) claimed that he was beaten to death by the inmates in retaliation to the Pulwama incident.

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