ATTARI: Nearly two months after the death of an Indian national Chamel Singh, Pakistan returned his body on Wednesday from Attari border. Chamel Singh had died of beating in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail by jail staff on January 15. Chamel's two sons Deepak Singh and Dara Singh and other relatives had arrived at border to receive his body. The sons burst into tears as they identified their father's body which was sent back packed in a coffin after conducting his postmortem in Lahore's Jinnah hospital on Wednesday morning.
The inconsolable family have urged the government to take up the issue of Chamel's death with Pakistan government and press upon taking action against the persons responsible for Chamel's death in jail.
Chamel Singh's younger son Deepak Singh said, "My father's death is not natural but he was murdered in jail and those responsible for his murder should be booked and punished." He said that Indian government should take up the issue with its Pakistani counterparts at the earliest.
Resident of Pragwal village in Akhnoor district of J and K , Chamel's death by beating in jail could have remained a closely guarded secret in wall of Kot Lakhpat jail if a Pakistani advocate Tehseem Khan had not exposed the issue to media. Talking to TOI Khan said, "I am witness to the incident as the jail staff passed racial remarks against Indians and minorities which were objected by Chamel and he was mercilessly beaten by the jail staff. "
Tehseem who is president of NGO Jesus Rescues was also lodged in the same jail and was released on January 18. He said Chamel kept on pleading mercy but none of the jail staff listened to him.
Dara Singh, Chamel's elder son informed that in the year 2008 his father was working in his fields situated close to Indo Pak border after which he disappeared. He said in the year 2012 the family received a letter from his father through which they came to know that he was sentenced for 5 years in Pakistan on charges of spying. "But it was shocking for us when we came to know that he had died" said he. He said their agitation had not ended yet but they have to fight a long battle to get justice. "I want Indian government should take up the issue at the international level to pressurize Pakistan government to punish the guilty".
Commenting on the return of Chamel's body, UK based right activist and an advocate Jas Uppal who had already taken up Chamel's case at various international platforms including UN told TOI over phone from London. "It is absolutely disgraceful, degrading and inhumane that it took the Pakistani authorities more than 9 weeks and a lot of pleading to repatriate Chamel Singh's body to his family in India. I understand that a post mortem was eventually undertaken. This would never happen in a civilised society." She said it appears that Pakistani authorities do not have respect for neither the living or the dead.
BJP leader Sat Sharma who had accompanied Chamel's relatives quipped on J and K government for not extending any help to the family in getting Chamel's body from Pakistan. " Chief minister Omar Abdulla is keen on bringing the body of Afzal Guru but he had not shown any interest in bringing the body of Chamel Singh". He said they would take up the issue at national and international level to get justice for the family . He also demanded compensation for Chamel's family members.
Family members of Chamel Singh and accompanying BJP leaders and workers from Jammu and Kashmir and Amritsar had a verbal dual with BSF and police personals after J and K police insisted on taking the body in government's ambulance and not in the private air conditioned ambulance which was arranged by the Chamel's family. All of them sat before the ambulance and raised slogans . Deepak Singh , Chamel's son said "My father's body is already decomposing and by the time we will reach home it will go from bad to worst so why they are not allowing us to take the body in air conditioned ambulance".
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