By Neville Lazarus, Asia Producer
An Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan has died in hospital after being attacked by fellow inmates in a high-security jail.
Sarabjit Singh died of a cardiac arrest in the early hours following the attack in a prison in Lahore, doctors said.
Singh was convicted of being a spy and of involvement in a string of deadly bomb attacks in Pakistan's Punjab province in 1990.
He had spent about 22 years in Pakistani prisons.
Singh's family campaigning in 2009 His mercy petitions were rejected by the courts and then by former President Pervez Musharraf.
The Zardari government put off Singh's execution for an indefinite period in 2008.
His family has always insisted he was innocent and had inadvertently strayed across the border when drunk.
Police have charged two death row prisoners over the attack.
They reportedly told investigators that they had attacked the prisoner because he had allegedly carried out bomb attacks in Lahore.
Singh had earlier told his lawyer about threats against him and the matter was brought up with the authorities but no action was taken.
Threats to his life had increased after the execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and also of Kashmiri-born Afzal Guru, who was hanged over the 2001 attacks on the Indian parliament.
Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur speaking to the press after his death Singh's family visited him in hospital on Tuesday and raised questions about the quality of medical care at the hospital.
They asked the Pakistani authorities to allow him to be transferred to India or a third country.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed sadness over Singh's death, saying criminals responsible for the barbaric and murderous attack on the Indian national must be brought to justice.
An official tweet from his office stated: "Particularly regrettable that the government of Pakistan did not heed the pleas ... to take a humanitarian view of this case."
The Indian government is under intense pressure over the death amid accusations it did not do enough to help him.
Pakistan has agreed to return Singh's body for cremation at his village in Punjab.
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