Bollywood
star
Salman
Khan,
who
had
launched
an
online
petition
asking
for
Sarabjit
Singh's
freedom
in
2012,
on
Thursday
mourned
the
death
of
the
Indian
death
row
prisoner
in
Pakistan.
"Freedom
at
last.
Hope
they
give
him
to
his
family.
We
all
tried,
guess
not
hard
enough.
May
god
give
his
family
strength
and
his
soul
rests
in
peace," Salman
Khan
posted
on
micro
blogging
Twitter.
Last
year,
Salman
had
urged
his
fans
and
the
public
to
join
an
online
petition
that
he
planned
to
give
to
the
Pakistan
government
in
a
bid
to
free
Sarabjit.
Sarabjit
Singh,
on
death
row
in
Pakistan
after
being
convicted
for
terror
strikes
in
the
country,
had
been
comatose
since
April
26,
when
he
was
savagely
attacked
by
two
fellow
prisoners
at
Lahore's
Kot
Lakhpat
Jail.
He
had
spent
over
20
years
in
jail.
Sarabjit
Singh
died
early
on
Thursday
in
a
Lahore
hospital.
IANS