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Letter to Obama for intervention for Sarabjit's release

A Delhi lawyer today wrote a letter to US president Barack Obama seeking his intervention to secure the release of Sarabjit Singh.

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Updated : Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST

A Delhi lawyer today wrote a letter to US president Barack Obama seeking his intervention to secure the release of Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row and lodged in a Pakistani jail since 1991.

"I have written a letter to Obama with whom I studied in Harward Law School. He has the willingness and capability to fight for human rights. We hope he can get Sarabjit released," lawyer Surat Singh told reporters here.

He said he will be writing all the heads of nations, including Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, seeking the release of Sarabjit.

Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur said she expects Obama to take a compassionate view of the issue and get her brother released. "I am waiting for him to join our family," she said.

Sarabjit was convicted in Pakistan in the case of 1990 serial bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan that killed 14 people.

His family claims that he was a victim of mistaken identity and strayed into Pakistan from his village located near the border.

Though he was to be hanged on April one last year, the execution was put off indefinitely following Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's intervention.

Asked whether there was any plan to move International Court seeking his release, the lawyer said they are awaiting Obama's response and a decision on moving the court will be taken only after that.

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