Death of remand prisoner in 2019: SHRC recommends compensation to legal heirs

Death of remand prisoner in 2019: SHRC recommends compensation to legal heirs

The State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) recommended that the Tamil Nadu government pay a compensation of ₹3 lakh to the legal heirs of a 60-year-old remand prisoner, who suffered chest pain and was later declared ‘brought dead’ by a hospital in Salem in October 2019. SHRC member V. Kannadasan recommended that … Read more

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh’s killer shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh’s killer shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan

Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday, official sources said. Tamba was attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants in the Islampura area of Lahore in Pakistan … Read more