Today’s newspapers tell a story which would make any sensible person sad and filled with disgust at the way innocent Indians are being treated.
In 2004, Bhavesh Parmar, 24 years old software engineer working with an MNC in Mumbai had accidentally boarded Pakistan-bound Samjhauta Express train from Amritsar. He was depressed due to loss of his father with Cancer and then losing his job due to absence from work due to depression caused by the death. He landed up in Lahore and was arrested upon arrival.
The “Process” of his release was also very interesting. Earlier this year, a journalist Neeraj Sharma had interviewed a batch of prisoners released at Wagah border. One of the released Indian prisoners Ram Rajji passed on a chit of paper to the journalist. Bhavesh Parmar had written his home address in Vile Parle, Mumbai on that piece of paper. The journalist sent a letter to his family who in turn got to know that their son was at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail.
His case went to United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other organizations. Ultimately, in July this year, a “Mercy Petition” was filed before Pakistan’s President Asif Zardari by a Pakistani lawyer and he was released.
After seeing his family, Bhavesh said, “Mamma mil gayee” (I got my mother).
This episode shows that the distrust between the two countries is too big. On one hand Pakistan sends terrorists to India who kill dozens of Indians and also gives shelters to India’s criminals, if accidentally innocent Indians happen to cross the border, they treat them with least sensitivity possible. On the other hand, Indian politicians carry on their “one sided” and unsolicited love-affair with Pakistan.
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Also note that Times of India, which promotes "Aman Ki Asha", a so called peace initiative, chooses to call his release merely “repatriation". Pic courtesy: HT
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