Sir,
This refers to Shiban Khaibri’s article ‘Trivalizing martyrdom’ DE Jan 14. How painful it would have been for the family of the martyr and shameful for the nation to watch the severed head (sheesh) of the beloved martyr Lnk Hem Raj being paraded in Pakistan as war trophy. Agony of serving soldiers is beyond any body’s guess. To add insult to the injury, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde made fool of himself by ridiculing the martyrdom. Recent revelations by ex Home Secretary against Shinde are equally criminal.
To prevent that happening, contempt of the martyrdom PIL must be filed in the Supreme Court by the Army and NGOs against Mr Shinde. And Govt of India must file a case in the International Court of Justice against Pakistan. Severed head video and enormous other proofs such as returned mutilated body of Capt Kalia should be produced as evidence to get Pakistan declared a terrorist State.
Yours etc…..
Col J P Singh, Retd
Gandhinagar, Jammu