NEW DELHI: Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, accused in the killing of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan and closely linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Saeed, was shot by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday, according to official sources.
Tamba was assaulted by assailants on motorcycles in Lahore’s Islampura area and was swiftly taken to a hospital in critical condition, where he later passed away from his injuries, the sources reported.

Singh, 49, died of cardiac arrest in Jinnah Hospital Lahore in the wee hours of May 2, 2013, after being comatose for nearly a week following a brutal assault by inmates including Tamba, inside the high-security Kot Lakhpat jail.

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.