Pakistan police claim Tamba who killed Sarabjit Singh is 'still alive'

A day after Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh inside a jail here in 2013, was killed by unidentified gunmen, a senior Punjab Police officer gave a spin to the incident claiming that he is "still alive. Tamba, a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Saeed, was attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants at his residence in Sanant Nagar here. He was rushed in critical condition to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. But Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operations Lahore Syed Ali Raza told the Dawn newspaper that Tamba is still alive but critically injured. However, when PTI confronted Lahore police spokesperson Farhan Shah about the SSP's statement on Monday, he declined to comment on the matter, terming it sensitive. Interestingly, SSP Raza did not reveal where Tamba was shifted for medical treatment if he is alive. Meanwhile, Pakistan's interior minister Mohsin Naqvi on Monday did not r