New Delhi: Pakistan has offered to release Sarabjeet Singh in exchange of Mohd Arif, the prime accused in the Red Fort attack case.
However, the Pakistan Foreign Office has denied any official confirmation of this exchange.
Arif, currently lodged in Tihar Jail, is facing a death sentence for his alleged involvement in the Red Fort attack case.
Pakistan claims that Arif has been wrongly accused by Indian authorities in the Red fort case.
Sarabjit from Punjab's Bhikiwind was given the death sentence for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore and Faisalabad in 1990.
His review petition has been rejected by Pakistan's Supreme Court.
Sarabjit maintains that he has been falsely implicated and was caught after he strayed across the border while farming.
The Indian Government too, on Friday, denied having received any official communication on the reported swap of Sarabjeet with Arif.
"We have not heard anything officially on this," a spokesman of the External Affairs Ministry said in reply to a question.
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