New Delhi: In a huge blow to Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia's family, the Central government has refused to move the International Court of Justice against the treatment meted out to the war hero. The Narendra Modi government has said that moving the ICJ against Pakistan in the matter is not 'practical'. The Centre's reaction comes after Captain Kalia's family had demanded for an international probe in the Supreme Court.
The decision by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is likely to receive flak as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while in Opposition, had slammed the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for not acting against Pakistan.
The UPA during its tenure had maintained that it could not move the ICJ as Pakistan will not permit it. India feels that it was a bilateral issue and it has always maintained that there should be "non-interference" by ICJ in "bilateral or internal" matters.
In 1999, Captain Saurabh Kalia had gone out for patrol duty in Kaksar area of Kargil along with five other soldiers - Sepoys Arjunram Baswana, Mula Ram Bidiasar, Naresh Singh Sinsinwar, Bhanwar Lal Bagaria and Bhika Ram Mudh when he they were captured by Pakistan and subjected to brutal torture during the war.
When his mutilated body was sent to his family after 15 days, it bore signs of excessive torture. His ear drums were punctured with hot rods, his eyes were punctured and his limbs and genitals were cut off.
The Kargil war hero's father NK Kalia had alleged that his son was captured as a prisoner of war but was killed in a gruesome manner in violation of the Geneva Convention.
Rejecting reports of any torture, Pakistan had claimed that his body was found in a pit and he died of extreme weather conditions.
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