CHANDIGARH: Kargil hero Captain Saurabh Kalia's father Dr N K Kalia on Saturday claimed that he has evidence which proves that his son and five other jawans were tortured after they were captured by the Pakistan troops, a day after Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik suggested that Captain Kalia could have died of adverse weather.
As evidence, he referred to the announcement made by Pakistan radio in May 1999 that Pakistan army had arrested one officer and five soldiers of Indian army, following which the then DG (military operations) Lt Gen N C Vij had taken up the issue with his counterpart in Pakistan.
"I am surprised why our Army is not contesting the lies of Rehman Malik, as the Army headquarters is in possession of all such records, including preliminary investigation of Saurabh's body at Kargil, full report of autopsy and video recording of his entire body," Dr Kalia, a retired scientist from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, said.
He added that it is high time the Army handed over all the relevant documents to the visiting minister. "If weather was responsible for Saurabh's death, then who fired at him? How is it that the private parts and limbs of Saurabh's body were chopped off? How his eyes were gorged out and bones broken," asked Dr Kalia.
"I am a retired scientist and can differentiate between the cause of death due to weather and torture," he said, adding that he is in possession of edited report of Saurabh's autopsy provided by the Army headquarters.
"I have no remorse for losing my son in battle but it is disgusting to see the brutal treatment given by the Pakistan troops after taking him into their custody. My fight is not for my son alone but for the dignity of all the soldiers of the armed forces," Kalia said.
The Supreme Court on Friday had said that the doors were still open for the Union government to move the International Court of Justice on gross human rights violations by Pakistani soldiers in torturing Captain Kalia before killing him and handing back his mutilated body.
Meanwhile, Malik on Saturday tried to assuage outrage over his remarks on torture meted out to Kargil hero Saurabh, saying he will look into the case.
Malik claimed that India has never raised the Saurabh issue with Pakistan in the last 15 years.
"If the Pakistani Army has tortured him, why would have they given his dead body. There have been many things to it. His father wants to take the matter to International Court of Justice. On Friday, during the meeting for the first time I was asked to look into the matter," he said.
"I promised them that please give me the detail. I will return and will look into the matter and revert with detailed information. I sympathise with his father," he added.
The minister reiterated that he was not sure whether Kalia died of a bullet or bad weather in Kargil.
"I said that Kargil is full of snow. I said I don't know whether he died of a bullet or because of any other reason or weather. So no negativity of any kind should be brought into it," he said.
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