Pak prisoner Sanaullah Haq dies in Chandigarh hospital

Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah passed away at 6:30 am on Thursday at PGIMER, Chandigarh due to multiple organ failure, sources said. Sanaullah was injured in a scuffle with another inmate in the high security Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu on May 3. "The patient was brought in a brain dead condition and died this morning due to multiple organ failure," a hospital spokesperson said.

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Sanaullah suffered renal failure on Wednesday and doctors said that his condition was "extremely critical". Sanaullah had developed jaundice and other internal infections on Tuesday, doctors said.

Sanaullah's relatives, brother-in-law Mohammed Sehzaad and nephew Mohammed Asif visited him on Wednesday for about 10 minutes in the Advanced Trauma Centre of PGIMER.

A resident of Sialkot in Pakistan, the 59-year-old prisoner was serving a life term after he was convicted under TADA provisions following his arrest in 1999.

The Pakistani prisoner was attacked a day after Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner in Pakistan, succumbed to grievous injuries following a murderous assault in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.

The Pakistani High Commissioner Salman Bashir had visited Sanaullah on Monday and demanded an impartial probe into the attack. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says action has been taken against authorities at the Kot Balwal Jail where the attack occurred.

Meanwhile, Pakistan had advised its citizens travelling to India to exercise "due caution" following reports that their security "may be in jeopardy" after the attack on Sanaullah. "The Government of Pakistan wishes to advise its citizens who are planning to travel to India to exercise due caution and care while travelling to various parts of India," said a statement issued by the Foreign Office.

The two incidents triggered fresh tensions between the two countries. Earlier in 2013, bilateral relations were hit by a string of violations of the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.