By way of IANS
PATNA: An aged girl in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district is looking forward to her son, who was once lodged in Kot Lakhpat prison in Lahore, for just about twenty years now.
A letter issued by way of the Indian Prime Fee in Islamabad stated that Sitaram Jha was once launched from prison on August 31, 2004, however a letter dated November 23, 2022 from the Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB), Amritsar, stated that he was once no longer launched from the prison in Lahore.
Mukesh Kumar, a relative of Sitaram Jha, informed IANS: “The paperwork we’ve got gained thus far are contradictory. I’ve been in contact with the Amritsar management since 2007, however they have got no longer given any convincing respond to me.”
“Sitaram Jha was once a three-wheeler motive force in Bhagalpur district who got here underneath debt after buying the automobile. As he was once not able to pay the instalments, the financial institution seized his three-wheeler. Sitaram, on the age 27, went to Amritser to earn his livelihood in 1997. To start with, he was once in touch with us for 6 to seven months. He additionally despatched cash to his spouse and mom. Then he disappeared from there,” Kumar stated.
“In 2002, a information article was once printed in an Amritsar day-to-day in which the {photograph} of Sitaram Jha was once published as a prisoner in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison. The thing discussed that the Pakistan executive needs to free up Indian inmates. Following that building, a verification was once accomplished by way of the particular department of Bihar Police in which we recognized him. We verified that Sitaram Jha was once a local of Barari village in Bhagalpur district. We have been anticipating that Sitaram could be launched quickly,” Kumar added.
“We stored on looking forward to the discharge of Sitaram Jha. Because the verification of Sitaram Jha was once finished long ago in 2002, I filed an RTI in 2007 referring to his free up. Following the RTI, it was once printed that Sitaram was once launched on August 31, 2004 on the Wagah border and passed over to the Amritsar management.”
The immigration division additionally connected the letter of 2004 issued by way of the Indian Prime Fee in Islamabad. After I contacted the BSF IG at Waghah border, he printed that the identify of Sitaram Jha was once discussed in tenth place within the record of 36 inmates whom the Pakistan government passed over to the BSF. As his psychological situation was once no longer solid, he was once passed over to the Amritsar management,” Kumar claimed.
“I additionally wrote to the PMO, House Ministry and the Exterior Affairs Ministry. The PMO despatched the letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar in 2007. To start with, the DC replied to my calls and confident me of tracing the whereabouts of Sitaram. However later he refused to respond to my calls,” Kumar stated.
“My level is why the government didn’t tell us upfront in order that lets move to Wagah border to obtain him. We did not find out about his free up until the time I filed the RTI in 2007,” he stated.
“Within the record of 36 inmates launched by way of the Pakistani government in 2004, 4 others belonged to Bhihar with the exception of Sitaram. I went to the home of them all, however none of them had returned. On November 23, the letter issued by way of Amritsar SSB obviously mentions that Sitaram was once no longer launched from prison,” Kumar stated.
“I attraction to PM Narendra Modi to take some motion on this subject in order that lets know the true standing of Sitaram,” he stated.
PATNA: An aged girl in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district is looking forward to her son, who was once lodged in Kot Lakhpat prison in Lahore, for just about twenty years now.
A letter issued by way of the Indian Prime Fee in Islamabad stated that Sitaram Jha was once launched from prison on August 31, 2004, however a letter dated November 23, 2022 from the Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB), Amritsar, stated that he was once no longer launched from the prison in Lahore.
Mukesh Kumar, a relative of Sitaram Jha, informed IANS: “The paperwork we’ve got gained thus far are contradictory. I’ve been in contact with the Amritsar management since 2007, however they have got no longer given any convincing respond to me.”
“Sitaram Jha was once a three-wheeler motive force in Bhagalpur district who got here underneath debt after buying the automobile. As he was once not able to pay the instalments, the financial institution seized his three-wheeler. Sitaram, on the age 27, went to Amritser to earn his livelihood in 1997. To start with, he was once in touch with us for 6 to seven months. He additionally despatched cash to his spouse and mom. Then he disappeared from there,” Kumar stated.
“In 2002, a information article was once printed in an Amritsar day-to-day in which the {photograph} of Sitaram Jha was once published as a prisoner in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison. The thing discussed that the Pakistan executive needs to free up Indian inmates. Following that building, a verification was once accomplished by way of the particular department of Bihar Police in which we recognized him. We verified that Sitaram Jha was once a local of Barari village in Bhagalpur district. We have been anticipating that Sitaram could be launched quickly,” Kumar added.
“We stored on looking forward to the discharge of Sitaram Jha. Because the verification of Sitaram Jha was once finished long ago in 2002, I filed an RTI in 2007 referring to his free up. Following the RTI, it was once printed that Sitaram was once launched on August 31, 2004 on the Wagah border and passed over to the Amritsar management.”
The immigration division additionally connected the letter of 2004 issued by way of the Indian Prime Fee in Islamabad. After I contacted the BSF IG at Waghah border, he printed that the identify of Sitaram Jha was once discussed in tenth place within the record of 36 inmates whom the Pakistan government passed over to the BSF. As his psychological situation was once no longer solid, he was once passed over to the Amritsar management,” Kumar claimed.
“I additionally wrote to the PMO, House Ministry and the Exterior Affairs Ministry. The PMO despatched the letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar in 2007. To start with, the DC replied to my calls and confident me of tracing the whereabouts of Sitaram. However later he refused to respond to my calls,” Kumar stated.
“My level is why the government didn’t tell us upfront in order that lets move to Wagah border to obtain him. We did not find out about his free up until the time I filed the RTI in 2007,” he stated.
“Within the record of 36 inmates launched by way of the Pakistani government in 2004, 4 others belonged to Bhihar with the exception of Sitaram. I went to the home of them all, however none of them had returned. On November 23, the letter issued by way of Amritsar SSB obviously mentions that Sitaram was once no longer launched from prison,” Kumar stated.
“I attraction to PM Narendra Modi to take some motion on this subject in order that lets know the true standing of Sitaram,” he stated.
