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On June 9, 1999, NK Kalia had received the body of his son – Captain Saurabh Kalia – mutilated and disfigured. His ear drums pierced with hot iron rods, eyeballs carved out with knives, genitals chopped off, every bone broken and splintered. It has been subjected to the most brutal of torture by the Pakistan Army violating the Geneva Convention.Twelve years later, 62-year-old Kalia is still fighting for justice – he wants the act to be declared a war crime by the UN. But no action taken yet even after numerous letters to the our Central Government.
jab kabhi bhi tu yaad aayega,
tiranga dekh hum khush honge,
jab kabhi tu yaad karega hume,
teri tasveer ko hum dekhenge,
AMAR rahe ka nara tere liye,
hum hmesha bolte rahenge,
beta baap ka naam raunak kar gya,
ye log hmesha bolte rahenge……
border par bheja tujhe,
dil ghbraya tha bhut mera,
ik din aayegi khabar teri zamaanat ki,
khuda ne ye bhi samjha rakha tha,
hum ujre the pehle or ujre hee rahenge,
beta baap ka naam raunak kar gya,
ye log hmesha bolte rahenge……
Duk hai to sirf un chand
sarkaar ke bazuon se,
jo zakham pe namak chirak jaate hain,
mere aansu sookh gaye,
intezaar tere karte karte,
tu hota to arthi ke waqt mere paas,
yahi akhiri dum tak sochte rahenge
beta baap ka naam raunak kar gya,
ye log hmesha bolte rahenge……
Lieutenant Colonel Harbans Singh Virk was born in 1913. He joined the Army in 1931. He was commissioned in the Indian Army on 4th August, 1941. He was awarded the DSO in World War II and the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) in the 1948 India-Pakistan War. For his bravery in the 1948 Jammu & Kashmir operations, he became known as the ‘Hero of Jhangar‘. He had five battle scars to his credit. He was wounded once in the North West Frontier, twice in Burma in World War II and twice in the 1948 India-Pakistan War. After retirement he settled in Kaithal town, Haryana.
1948 India-Pakistan War: Lieutenant Colonel Harbans Singh Virk took over the command of 3 (Para) Battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry in January, 1948. At this time the activities of the Pakistani raiders were reaching their climax and Naushera garrison was in imminent danger. He advanced with strong fighting patrols, probing the strong enemy defenses.
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