Indian spy fights for survival in Pakistan

An Indian national on death row in Pakistan who was attacked by fellow inmates armed with bricks has been put on a ventilator as he fights for his life, officials said yesterday.
Sarabjit Singh, who was sentenced to death 16 years ago on espionage charges, was rushed to hospital Friday with multiple wounds, including a severe head injury, after an argument in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.
"Singh's condition is critical with multiple wounds on his head, abdomen, jaws and other body parts, and he has been put on ventilator," a senior doctor in Lahore's Jinnah hospital told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Singh is fighting for his life in the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU), and the next 24 hours are critical, the doctor said, adding that the head injury was "quite severe".
"He needs surgery but the doctors are not performing it because they don't want to take any chances and want him to stabilise," he said.
Singh was hit with bricks and other blunt objects by two inmates, a police officer investigating the case told AFP, identifying the suspects only by single names Aamir and Mudasir.
"These inmates attacked Singh while he was doing his evening walk. We don't exactly know at the moment what was the reason for this attack but initial investigation reveals that they had exchanged hot words with Singh," he said on condition of anonymity