Amritsar : Sarabjit Singh, an Indian death row prisoner who died in Pakistan on Thursday a week after a brutal prison attack, will be accorded state funeral in his Punjab hometown of Bhikhiwind on Friday afternoon.

Sarabjit’s body was brought to India from Pakistan last night. The body was brought to Amritsar from Lahore onboard a special Air India flight and was subsequently taken to his native town in a helicopter.

Before handing over the body to the family, a second post-mortem was also conducted on Sarabjit’s body at the government-run Amritsar Medical College in Patti to “know the cause behind his death”. The first autopsy was conducted at Pakistan’s Jinnah Hospital where Sarabjit died.

Sarabjit, the second Indian prisoner to die in Pakistan’s notorious Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore this year, was brutally attacked on Friday last week by six fellow inmates when he and other prisoners were brought out of their cells for a break.

The Punjab government has announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the family of Sarabjit and declared a three-day state mourning. The Centre has also announced ex-gratia payment of Rs 25 lakh for Sarabjit’s family from Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.