Can We Ask For Pow Details Under Rti Act And How?

[Abhinav Bohare]

DEAR INDIANS

THIS IS AN MAIL I RECEIVED THROUGH VARIOUS OF MY FRIENDS IN ARMY, NHRC AND NGOs.

I FAILED TO RESIST MY SELF TO SHARE THE SAME WITH ALL OF YOU

ALSO WANTED TO ASK THAT DOES RTI ACT HAS GOT PROVISIONS WHEREIN POW RELATED QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED AND TO WHOM

ABHINAV
....FEELING LOW

Dear Sir/Madam,



SPARE 5-MINUTES from busy schedule .PLEASE !!!



Lt. Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the Indian Army
laid down his

life at the young age of 22 for the nation while
guarding the

frontiers at Kargil.

His parents, indeed the Indian Army and nation itself,


lost a dedicated, honest and brave son.

He was the first officer to detect and inform about

Pakistani intrusion. captured him and his
patrol party of 5

brave men alive on from the Indian side
of LOC.

They were kept in captivity for three weeks and

subjected to unprecedented brutal torture, evident
from their

bodies handed over

by Pakistan Army on
The Pakistanis indulged in dastardly acts of
inflicting burns on

these Indian officers with cigarettes, piercing their
ears with

hot rods, removing their eyes before puncturing them
and breaking

most of the bones and teeth.

They even chopped off various limbs and private organs
of the

Indian soldiers besides inflicting unimaginable
physical and

mental torture.



After 22 days of torture, the brave soldiers were
ultimately shot

dead. A detailed post-mortem report is with the Indian
Army.

this way flouting
all

international norms.

They proved the extent to which they can degrade
humanity.

However, the Indian soldiers did not break while
undergoing

all this unimaginable barbarism, which speaks volumes
of their

patriotism, grit, determination, tenacity and valour -
something

all of should be proud of.

Sacrificing oneself for the nation is an honour every
soldier

would be proud of, but no parent, army or nation can
accept

what happened to these brave sons of India . I am
afraid every

parent may think twice to send their child in the
armed forces if

we all fall short of our duty in safeguarding the
PRISONERS OF

WAR AND LET THEM MEET THE FATE OF LT.SAURABH KALIA.

It may also send a demoralising signal to the army
personnel

fighting for the Nation that our POWs in Pak cannot be
taken

care of. It is a matter of shame and disgust that most
of Indian

Human Rights Organisations by and large, showed apathy
in this

matter.



Through this humble submission, may I appeal to all
the civilized

people irrespective of colour, caste, region, religion
and

political lineage to stir their conscience and rise to
take this as

a NATIONAL ISSUE !!!

International Human Rights Organizations must be
approached to

expose and pressure to identify, book and
punish all

those who perpetrated this heinous crime to our men in
uniform.

If is allowed to go unpunished in this case,
we can

only imagine the consequences.

Below is the list of 5 other soldiers who preferred to
die for the

country rather than open their mouths in front of
enemy -



1. Sep. Arjun Ram s/o Sh. Chokka Ram; Village &

Gudi. Teh. & Dist.

Nagaur, (Rajasthan)



2. Sep. Bhanwar Lal Bagaria h/o Smt. Santosh Devi;

Village Sivelara;Teh.&

Dist.Sikar (Rajasthan)

3. Sep. Bhikaram h/o Smt. Bhawri Devi; Village

Patasar; Teh.

Pachpatva;Distt.Barmer (Rajasthan)



4. Sep. Moola Ram h/o Smt. Rameshwari Devi; Village

Katori; Teh. Jayal;Dist.

Nagaur(Rajasthan)



5. Sep. Naresh Singh h/o Smt. Kalpana Devi; Village

Chhoti Tallam;

Teh.Iglab; Dist.Aligarh (UP)



Yours truly,

Dr. N.K. Kalia (Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father).

Saurabh Nagar,

Palampur-176061

Himachal Pradesh

Tel: +91 (01894) 32065



Please sign in by writing your name and then copy and

paste it again to forward it to your friends and
relatives. Let

us give a supporting hand to Dr. Kalia in his efforts
to get

justice.

Remember, Lt. Kalia and his colleagues died on the
front so that

we could

sleep peacefully in our homes.



PLEASE DON'T BREAK THE ONWARD MOVEMENT OF THIS MAIL.

WE SEND ALL SORTS OF SILLY MAILS TO OUR FRIENDS WHICH

COMPEL ONE TO FORWARD BY SAYING THAT IT MAY HARM YOU
IF YOU WON'T

DO SO. BUT

HERE IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL ONLY BE YOU WHO
WILL FEEL

SATISFIED IF YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.

JAI HIND ....Victory to

[mpai]

Yes an RTI Application seeking information on POW can be filed. However, let me inform that already many RTI Applications on this subject were asked earlier by one Harinarayan Bharatiya of Kasargod, Kerala state. I have the scanned images of several replies including the names of mission personnels of armed forces etc. These pdf files measure in several mbs can be put up on this site.

However, I feel that thispageis not appropriate as the above post on this thread is only a chain mail and takes a while to download.

Manoj

[Abhinav Bohare]

FIne Manoj and thnx for the update

[tripti]

Dear RTIindian Members,

To be an applicant of RTI Act the most important eligibility is being Citizen of India.

India that is India because of its territory secured and safe and Citizen who is a citizen because of the Territories held by the Indian armed forces

And when it comes to supporting or even going through or giving 5 minutes for the Thread continued by Mr Abhinav we have only 2 comments and 14 views

What so ever is our forum for, but it's a disgrace if for what ever reason We are, if not commenting, even viewing this thread…

DO tell me, where your ACT stands if Pakistan or China conquers India ?

So at least view the thread and in what ever way possible, even if invisible to morally support such cause and to show that Indian are united when it comes to national patriotism

Support the cause…

Tripti

[mpai]

Originally Posted by tripti

DO tell me, where your ACT stands if Pakistan or China conquers India ?


So at least view the thread and in what ever way possible, even if invisible to morally support such cause and to show that Indian are united when it comes to national patriotism

Tripti

Bravo, the nail has been driven at the right spot. Your observations are a correct Tripti. However, the hitch is that most user still have dial up access, the first post being long takes a while to download. So the possibilities that these viewers stopping half way and proceeding to the next post cannot be ruled out.

Wishes

Manoj

[Abhinav Bohare]

I appreciate what Tripti and Manoj have opined.

But the root cause of the POW mail is to form a chain...

And Chains are not smaller

and neither are our national boundaries protected by these brave men

SO we have to put in a little extra Manoj
And I am sure the two of u wud

Jai Hind

Abhinav