:dateline:Indian death row convict Sarabjeet Singh�s sister Dalbir Kaur plans to return to India to seek advice on his treatment in the wake of unconfirmed reports that doctors had declared him brain dead. �Sarabjit�s lawyer Awais Sheikh today said Dalbir Kaur had informed him a short while ago of her intention to return to India.
It was not immediately clear whether Sarabjit�s wife and two daughters would also return to India, he said. ��There are unconfirmed reports that doctors have declared Sarabjeet brain dead and Dalbir Kaur�s return could be linked to that,� Sheikh told PTI on the phone from Lahore. ��Dalbir Kaur was asked by the local media if she had agreed to take Sarabjeet off of the ventilator support and she said no,� �he said.
Sarabjeets’ family members had arrived in Pakistan on Sunday, two days after the 49-year-old prisoner sustained severe injuries, including a fractured skull, during a brutal assault by prisoners in Lahore�s Kot Lakhpat Jail. �He has been in a deep coma in an intensive care unit of the Jinnah Hospital and doctors have said his chances of survival are slim.
Sarabjeet was convicted by a Pakistani court of alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Punjab that killed 14 people in 1990. �Sarabjit�s family says he is the victim of mistaken identity and had inadvertently strayed across the border in an inebriated state.
