The body of Pakistani prisoner, Showkat Ali, 43, who had committed suicide in the Indian prison at in the Amphalla district jail of Jammu, was on Monday handed over to Pakistan at joint checkpost of Attari-Wagah border here.
Ali who was earlier deported but arrested again after he re-entered India, had allegedly committed suicide in the Amphalla district jail of Jammu. According to officials posted at Attari border, Ali, a resident of Sial Jattan village in Pasrur tehsil of Sialkot district, was found hanging from the iron bars of a window of a bathroom in his barrack.
Ali was first apprehended in 2008 for sneaking across the border. He was kept in the Ambphalla district jail till his deportation in 2010. On December 12, 2011, he was re-arrested in Arnia sector after he had again crossed over to India.
A case was registered and autopsy was also carried out before the body was handed over to Pakistan officials. Officials informed that Ali was under medication for depression for a long time and had been quiet for the last few days. A psychiatrist had examined him recently in jail. He was reported to have eaten his dinner with other inmates as usual on Friday.