INDIA
In 2007, the families of missing soldiers visited Pakistan and went to about seven jails but to no avail
Every year on December 16, Nirmal Kour wakes up early and gazes at the king-size portrait of missing war hero Subaidar Asa Singh and tears start rolling down her cheeks.
Flashback of memories with her husband plays in her mind as the nation celebrates the victory of the 1971 war against Pakistan.
Subaidar Asa Singh of 5 Sikh regiment went missing while fighting gallantly against the Pakistan army in the Chamb sector of the Jammu division. For the last 45 years, Nirmal Kour, 77, has been fighting a quiet battle to bring her husband and other war heroes' home from Pakistani jails.
Kour even went to Pakistan, along with the family members of other missing soldiers, but to no avail. Even after four decades, she has not lost hope and believes that Singh will return home one day.
"On this day every year, there is a mourning-like situation at our home. I used to go to Gujarat on December 16 to attend the Vijay Diwas function. But nobody invites us here in Jammu. We are confident that the missing soldiers are lodged in Pakistani jails. If the government tries hard, Pakistan will be forced to release our war heroes," Kour told DNA.
Singh is among the six soldiers of the Jammu division who went missing in the 1971 war. In 2007, the families of missing soldiers visited Pakistan and went to about seven jails but to no avail.
"They (Pakistani jail authorities) did not allow us to enter the prison. They kept us in a room outside and showed us some files. They did not allow us to meet anyone in jail," said Kour.
Ninety kilometres away from Kour's home in Jammu at Kathua, 66- year-old Rano Devi vividly remembers the day when her husband, Sepoy Jagdish Lal of 2 Mahar, left for the battlefield and went missing in the Dhaka theatre.
"Jagdish's wife was pregnant when he left for war. Their third daughter was born when he went missing. We have been fighting since 1971 to bring our heroes home. We even went to the court and won the case after 15 years. The court asked the government to treat the missing soldiers as in service and promote them to the next two ranks. Sepoy Jagdish Lal was promoted to Subaidar while being missing-in custody," said son-in-law Bansi Lal. Subaidar Asa Singh was promoted as honorary captain.
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