India, Pakistan hold talks 2 New Delhi

  • 12/15/2022
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Pakistani authorities said Manjit Singh worked for Indian intelligence and was involved in bomb blasts in Pakistani cities. The convicted man's family says he is actually Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from the Indian state of Punjab who accidentally crossed the frontier while drunk. His family members have threatened to commit suicide if he is executed. Analysts said the uproar over the case was an opportunity to start work on procedures on how to deal with prisoners. "This is an opportunity to talk about how to treat prisoners humanely and how to get them home," strategic affairs analyst Jasjit Singh told Reuters. "It's a do-able thing." Both sides have hundreds of prisoners in each other's jails. The majority are fishermen and civilians who strayed across sea and land borders. New Delhi will ask Pakistan to hand over criminals and those it calls "terrorists" lodged in Pakistani jails and wanted for crimes in India including terror attacks. "They should face the law," Duggal told reporters. --SPA 1418 Local Time 1118 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/286998

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