PICS: Pakistan Releases Two Prime Suspects In Sarabjit Singh's Murder

A Pakistan court acquitted two main suspects in the murder of Indian national Sarabjit Singh on Saturday./ AFP IMAGE

The suspects were fellow prisoners of Singh and had allegedly tortured him to death./ AFP IMAGE

The two accused have been acquitted due the absence of evidence./ AFP IMAGE

Two Pakistani death row prisoners — Amir Sarfraz, alias Tamba, and Mudassar — in May 2013 had attacked Sarabjit, 49, in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore and killed him. / A photograph of Sarabjit Singh/ AFP

Pakistan’s news outlet Dawn reported “Additional District and Sessions Judge Moin Khokar issued directives to release Amir Tanba and Mudasir Munir from custody after all witnesses retracted their statements.”/ AFP IMAGE

Sarabjit, a native of Bhikhiwind village in Tarn Taran district, was awarded death sentence for spying charges and killing at least 14 Pakistani citizens in bomb blasts in Punjab province in 1990./ AFP IMAGE