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Sarabjit Singh dies in hospital in LahoreReceive the latest news on: Sarabjit SinghIANSMay 2, 2013 08:27:41 CETLast update: May 2, 2013 08:40:23 CETLahore: Indian death row Sarabjit Singh, who was admitted to a hospital in Lahore after being savagely attacked in prison, died on Thursday, said a report by the media.Sarabjit Singh died at Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Geo News reported.The head of the hospital's medical board was quoted as saying that Sarabjit succumbed to injuries at 12.45 (Pakistan time) or (1:15 a.m. India Standard Time)From Sarabjit lawyer Awais Shiekh told a news channel in India that Sarabjit's death was confirmed by the hospital authorities.Sarabjit had suffered serious head injuries after being attacked by two prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore April 26. He was on ventilator support since.""It's very sad. Sorry we could not save. I had tried to leave his family to return to India (Wednesday), and that his condition was very bad but they went bac", "Sheik said the canal.An autopsy will be conducted Thursday morning, he said.Sarabj't's family, including his sister Dalbir Kaur, wife and daughters Sukhpreet Swapandeep and Poonam had gone to Lahore on Sunday. They returned to India on Wednesday morning saying they were not getting information about your medical condition."We are shattered. He has sacrificed" his family said."We" have heard this sad news. We did everything we could to save "," Raj Kumar Verka, vice president of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, who was helping the family, said in New Delhi.On Wednesday night, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India said that his condition was "serious and critical."Twitter late at night Posted by Indian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said: "Sarabjit Singh's medical situation remains" grave and critical "update according to Indian officials in Lahore at 10pm local time."Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal met Pakistan Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani as India Wednesday asked Pakistan to release him on "humanitarian grounds and friendly" or send it to a third country for "appropriate treatment".This morning, Pakistan acceded to the request of India daily consular access to Sarabjit Singh, 49, who had suffered serious head injuries after a sudden, unprovoked assault four to five prisoners April 26 in jail Kot Lakhpat.He had been in intensive care since the fan. According to medical reports had indicated that he was "clinically dead".