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Markandeya Katju appeals for release of Sanaullah

Katju also appealed to Govt to set up committees to review cases of all prisoners.

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PCI Chairman Markandeya Katju today appealed to the Centre to release Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah,who was injured in a scuffle in a Jammu jail and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chandigarh.

“I appeal to the Indian Government to forthwith send back Sanaullah,a Pakistani prisoner who was attacked in a Jammu jail and is said to be in coma,to Pakistan,as requested by the Pakistan Government.

This will be a humanitarian act,” Katju said.The PCI chief also appealed to Governments of India and Pakistan to immediately set up committees to review cases of all prisoners,and to set up mechanisms for early release of those convicted on alleged ‘confessions’ or insufficient or suspicious evidence.

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