Six soldiers of Jammu went missing in 1971 war and since then the families have been struggling to trace their whereabouts.
Life has come full circle for 70-year-old Nirmal Kour, whose husband Subaidar Asa Singh of 5 Sikh regiment, went missing while fighting Pakistani forces in 1971 war in the Chamb sector of Jammu region.
An agonizing wait is getting longer but hopes continue to float for Kour and her children that a day will come when Singh will return to reunite with their loved ones at Jammu.
For the last 40 years Kour has been fighting a quite battle for her husband and other war heroes who went missing without any trace.
“For us the real Vijay Diwas will be on that day when my husband will return”, said Kour as the country celebrated the victory day of the Bangladesh war on Friday.
Kour despite her falling health has knocked at every door to trace her husband but to no avail. A few years back she even went to Pakistan along with other family members of the missing soldiers of the country, but to no avail. “We were shown the registers which were freshly made. We were not allowed to meet anyone. It was a formality which Pakistanis made and nothing else”, said Kour.
Singh’s family despite the time elapse still feels that he is in the custody of Pakistani authorities and languishing in one of their jails.
“A few people who had been released after a long time from Pakistani jails have confirmed that they have seen our father”, said Harcharan Singh, son of missing Asa Singh.
Six soldiers of Jammu went missing in 1971 war and since then the families have been struggling to trace their whereabouts. Rano Devi was five months pregnant when her husband Sepoy Jagdish Lal of 2 Mahar went missing in the Dhaka theater in 1971.
Devi, who is a mother of three daughters, has suffered in silence for the last 40 years.
“Our fight for bringing back our heroes is still continuing. We have knocked every door but to no avail. We have got proof that Lal is languishing in Pakistani jail. A spy in Punjab who returned from Pakistan conformed that he was there”, said Bansi Lal, son-in-law of missing Jagdish Lal.
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