The son of an Indian Army soldier who repeatedly went missing during Indo-Pak War in 1965 and later found to be lodged in a Lahore jail has pleaded President Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure his release from the Pakistani Jail.
Son of an Indian Army soldier urges President Murmu to extradite his father
According to Bidyadhari Patri, the Indian Army soldier’s son , the Pakistani authorities were supposed to release his father Anand Patri in 2007. However, the Pakistani Authorities made a condition to release him as a “civilian” , but the Indian authorities refused to accept it.
Bidyadhari, 65 stated that he came to know about his father’s presence in a Pakistani Jail through a publication in 2003,
“He did not return after the 1965 war. A publication in 2003 said my father was locked in Lahore jail in Pakistan. Since I came to know that my father is alive, I knocked on every door for help but didn’t get any,”
Anand Patri also fought in 1962 Indo China War
International Human Rights activist Uttam Roy also confirmed that Anand was recruited into the Army from Kolkatta and also fought in the 1962 India-China war,
“He was recruited from Kolkata into the Indian Army. He also participated in the 1962 India-China war. He fought in the Indo-Pak war in 1965. He has been missing since 1965. We had met chief minister Naveen Patnaik, also met Pranab Mukherjee earlier. If he is alive, he would be nearly 88 years old. He has been in jail for nearly 58 years, if he is alive. The government of India and Odisha should ensure his return and also give financial assistance to his family. If he has died, the Pakistani authorities should give us his death certificate,”
Bidyadhar has also raised apprehension about his father’s death and demanded that Pakistani Authorities provide a death certificate, if he died and called for designating his father as a ‘martyr’. He also submitted letter with all the details and demands to President’s office.
Anand Patri’s family stays in the Dhamnagar block of Odisha’s Bhadrak district and he was serving as a sepoy in the Bengal Defence Regiment during the Indo-Pak was of 1965.
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