The distraught family of an Indian farmer from Punjab, who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan on charges of being a spy, has appealed to the political leadership in New Delhi and Islamabad to spare his life.
Sarabjit Singh was also held responsible for having set off five bomb blasts in Pakistan 15 years ago but his sister Dalbir Kaur and other family members say it is a case of mistaken identity, reports IANS.

Singh belongs to Bhikiwind village in Amritsar district. The Pakistani Supreme Court Thursday confirmed the death sentence. He will be the first Indian to be hanged in Pakistan.

Pakistan's intelligence agencies claimed that they had a "foolproof" case and "credible evidence" against Manjit Singh, which is how they refer to Sarabjit Singh.

His sister said that Sarabjit had nothing to do with the blasts as he was a simple farmer who had mistakenly crossed into Pakistan in Aug 1990. The family came to know of his whereabouts in a Lahore jail after one year when he wrote a letter to them.

Sarabjit, who is married, has two daughters. While one was three years old when he went missing, the other was only 23 days old.

They claimed that Sarabjit had nothing to do with Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) as was being alleged by the Pakistani intelligence officials.

Members of the family were Sunday preparing to leave for Delhi to urge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders to take up Sarabjit's issue with the Pakistani government.

The family would also submit a mercy plea with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.