Randeep Hooda reacted to Sarabjit Singh’s killer Amir Sarfaraz Tamba’s death. Amir Sarfaraz was an underworld don was shot dead in Lahore. He was allegedly killed by ‘unknown men’ on a bike. He was accused of Sarabjit Singh’s murder in 2013. Randeep, who played the role of Sarabjit in his biopic, ‘thanked’ the unknown men behind his death. He also remembered Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur.
Taking to X, Randeep Hooda posted, “Karma.. Thank you Unknown Men. Remembering my Sister Dalbir Kaur and sending love to Swapandeep and Poonam, today some justice to Martyr Sarabjit Singh has been served.”
According to reports, Tamba was attacked by assailants on motorcycles in the Islampura area. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, but declared brought dead. While CNN-News18 cannot independently verify this news, even the police have not yet confirmed it. But, it was reported by other news agencies like PTI citing official sources.
A PTI report said Tamba’s family members said two men came on a motorcycle to their house and shot him in the upper storey. His body bore four bullet wounds, two each in the chest and legs, the report said, adding while one of the gunmen was wearing a helmet, another had put up a mask on his face and both of them fled the scene after firing at him.
Sarabjit Singh died of cardiac arrest in Jinnah Hospital Lahore on May 2, 2013. He was in coma for almost a week after he was brutally assaulted by inmates inside the high-security Central Jail Lahore. It was reported that he was attacked with bricks and iron rods. Sarabjit was convicted of participating in several bombings in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 1990 and was sentenced to death. However, his siter Dalbir Kaur maintained that he was a victim of mistaken identity and had inadvertently strayed across the border. She fought for him for several years before she died in 2022.
The film Sarabjit was released in 2016. Directed by Omung Kumar, Randeep played the titular role while Aishwarya Rai played his sister.
