SIALKOT – The grieving family of Shakirullah, who was brutally beaten to death by inmates in an Indian jail, has urged the government to take up his case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Shakirullah was murdered in Jaipur jail in India by fellow inmates a few days ago and his body was handed over to Pakistani authorities at Wagah border on Saturday, and he was laid to rest in his native village.
Talking to the media at Jessarwala-Daska on Sunday, his family said that Pakistan must expose the real face of India. The family members said that Shakirullah was stoned to death by Hindu extremists in jail, though his protection was a responsibility of the Indian government.
Meanwhile, Shakirullah’s post-mortem report has revealed that he died owing to a grievous head injury. According to the report compiled by a six-member team of medical experts under the stewardship of the Allama Iqbal Teaching Hospital’s medical superintendent, the Pakistani national died from a head injury.
Dr Farooq said more details will come to light after a forensic report of the deceased.
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Hindu prisoners had stoned to death Shakirullah in Jaipur jail, India on February 20 after Pulwama incident.
Earlier today, the funeral prayers of Shakirullah were offered in Daska on Sunday. He was later laid to rest at his ancestral village Jessarwala in Daska on Sunday with state honour. A large number of the people, including MNA Sahibzada Syed Iftikharul Hassan Shah, Provincial Minister for Environment Punjab Bao Muhammad Rizwan, MPAs Ch, Naveed Ashraf, Mian Zeeshan Rafiq, Sialkot Deputy Commissioner Dr. Syed Bilal Haider, Regional Police Officer (RPO) Gujranwala Tariq Abbas Qureshi, President PTI Central Punjab Umer Dar, traders, journalists, lawyers and students of local schools, colleges and universities attended his funeral prayer.
Earlier, people accorded a rosy welcome to the ambulance carrying Shakirullah’s coffin wrapped in Pakistani flag, upon its arrival at the graveyard for burial. They showered mounds of rose petals.
The Foreign Office said on Saturday that India had not yet responded to Pakistan’s request for a judicial probe into the killing of Shakirullah.
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Taking to Twitter shortly after Indian authorities handed over the mortal remains of the Pakistani inmate to Pakistani officials at Wagah border crossing, FO spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said India has not responded to Pakistan’s request for a post-mortem-judicial inquiry into the incident. Failure to protect the basic human right to life of Pakistani in its prison raises questions India must answer, he said.
