New Delhi/Karachi: An Indian prisoner was Tuesday killed in Karachi's Landhi jail, said reports. Reportedly, he was found dead in the morning under mysterious circumstances.

The prisoner has been identified as Kishore Bhagwan by the Pakistani media. His body has been sent for autopsy.

According to reports, Indian diplomatic are yet to hear from Pakistani officials on the matter.

In December last year Kishore was re-arrested after he escaped from jail when he was taken outside to do manual labour, The News.Pk reported. He was re-arrested from Karachi’s PIB Colony.

“Apparently, he lived on the streets, slept on pavements and ate free meals offered by various welfare organisations. He must have crossed paths with personnel of law enforcement agencies several times, but nobody dared to question him,” a senior police officer had told the daily.

In May last year, the death of Sarabjit Singh in a jail in Lahore escalated tension between India and Pakistan. The Indian had been beaten to death by fellow inmates.

He had been arrested in 1991 and given the death sentence for spying and carrying out four bomb blasts that killed 14 people.

The next day, a 52-year-old Pakistani prisoner, Sanaullah Ranjay, was attacked by another inmate in a Jammu jail; he died due to multiple organ failure.

(File photo of a Pakistani jail)