Upset over "callous attitude" of authorities in taking up the issue of torturous death of his son in the hands of Pakistan army during Kargil war, a slain army Captain's father has filed an RTI plea over the steps taken by the Union government in this regard. "In the RTI application addressed to Joint Secretary (PIC & CVO) ministry of defence sent on September 8 last, I have sought information on steps taken in this regard in the last 10 years and proposed future action," N K Kalia, father of slain army Captain Saurabh Kalia, told PTI on Friday. A seemingly distressed Kalia said that based on the information provided under the RTI he would take further steps to get "justice" for his son and five others who were tortured to death by Pakistani army during the 1999 Kargil war. Late Capt Saurabh Kalia was the first martyr of the Kargil war. He and five other soldiers were captured by the Pakistani army on May 15, 1999 and were barbarously tortured to death in gross violation of the international laws on Prisoners of War (PoW). When Saurabh's body was flow from Kargil to Delhi it was then promised by authorities that the issue of gross human rights violation would be taken up with Pakistan and also be raised at appropriate international fora, Kalia claimed. The resident of Palampur sub-division of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh who himself retired as a senior scientist with the CSIR, said he had been pursuing the matter with the Ministry of External Affairs and other central government agencies for the past 10 years. "But, all showed callous attitude," he lamented. source : Rediff News
