New Delhi: Sarabjit was arrested on the night of 28 August 1990 and was kept at Kot Lakhpat jail , on April 2013 at about 4:30 pm, He was allegedly attacked by six prisoners with bricks, sharp metal sheets, iron rods and blades here, On May 2, 2013, he was reported to have died in Jinnah hospital, Lahore.
Kot Lakhpat jail is the same jail where Bhagat Singh was executed on March 23, 1931 along with Rajguru and Sukhdev, it is the Central Jail of Lahore.
It is situated at at Rakh Chandra (Kot Lakhpat).Thus it is known as Kot Lakhpat Jail with reference to its location.
The jail houses more than four times the 4000 prisoner capacity it was built for. Prisoners have been murdered in the prison in the past too.
