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Tamba, whose father’s name is Sarfaraz Javed, was born in Lahore in 1979 and was a close associate of the LeT founder. (Representational image)
Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and a close associate of LashkareTaiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday, official sources said.
Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday.
According to a report from news agency PTI, citing sources, Tamba was attacked by assailants on motorcycles in the Islampura area of Lahore. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Sarabjit Singh died of cardiac arrest in Jinnah Hospital Lahore in the early hours of May 2, 2013, after being in a coma for nearly a week following a brutal assault by inmates, including Tamba, inside the high-security Central Jail Lahore.
Tamba, whose father’s name is Sarfaraz Javed, was born in Lahore in 1979 and was a close associate of the LeT founder.
A group of Pakistani prisoners had attacked Singh with bricks and iron rods. Singh had been allegedly found guilty of taking part in several bombings in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 1990 and was given the death penalty.
(With inputs from PTI)