‘Dead’ jawan alive in Pak jail
After the 1971 Indo-Pak war, he was given up as dead and awarded the Vir Chakra ‘posthumously’.
Thirty-seven years later, comes the news that Subedar Rajjab Ali is still alive and languishing in Pakistan’s Lakhpat Kot jail.
For Subedar Ali’s wife, Ms Jannatul Nishan, the news was ‘shocking’ — to put it rather mildly.
“Mehboob Ilahi, another 1971 PoW, who was released a while back, happened to meet my son Anwar, also a soldier in the Indian army and is stationed in Kolkata. Ilahi saw the photograph of Anwar’s father and recognised him. He said Ali was alive and languishing in a Pakistani jail,” said Ms Nishan, who lives in Bhoyein Kathar village of Sultanpur district.
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Thirty-seven years later, comes the news that Subedar Rajjab Ali is still alive and languishing in Pakistan’s Lakhpat Kot jail.
For Subedar Ali’s wife, Ms Jannatul Nishan, the news was ‘shocking’ — to put it rather mildly.
“Mehboob Ilahi, another 1971 PoW, who was released a while back, happened to meet my son Anwar, also a soldier in the Indian army and is stationed in Kolkata. Ilahi saw the photograph of Anwar’s father and recognised him. He said Ali was alive and languishing in a Pakistani jail,” said Ms Nishan, who lives in Bhoyein Kathar village of Sultanpur district.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit:
http://www.dc-epaper.com/DC/DCH/2008/11/25/index.shtml
Labels: 1971 Indo-Pak war, Bhoyein Kathar village of Sultanpur distric, dead and awarded the Vir Chakra, Pakistan’s Lakhpat Kot jail, soldier in the Indian army, Subedar Rajjab Ali is still alive
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