New Delhi: With Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh being served a death warrant in Pakistan, his sister today met Congress MP Rahul Gandhi with an appeal that he should take up the matter with the Government.
"I met Rahul Gandhi, who assured me that he will take up the issue with Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi," Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur said after meeting the AICC General Secretary.
Sarabjit, who has been condemned to death for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan in 1990, will be hanged on April one in a prison in Lahore, according to Pakistani officials.
"Rahul treated me as his elder sister and assured every possible help to save Sarabjit's life," she said.
"If the Prime Minister takes Sarabjit's issue seriously and puts pressure on Pakistan Government, then nobody can hang him," an emotional Dalbir said.
Dalbir said she has also spoken to Pakistan's caretaker Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney, who has assured his full cooperation and said he will take the matter to President Pervez Musharraf.
The mercy petition of Sarabjit, who Pakistan claims is Manjit Singh, was rejected by Musharraf on March three.
Sarabjit's mercy petition was sent to Musharraf along with that of Indian prisoner Kashmir Singh, who was freed after spending 35 years on death row in Pakistani jails.
Dalbir also condemned Kashmir Singh's reported statement that he was a spy in Pakistan, saying his move has put a question mark on the fate of other prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails.
