AI urged on Lt Kalia8217;s torture

CHANDIGARH, June 28: Responding to a letter by Lt Saurabh Kalia8217;s father N.K. Kalia 8212; published in The Indian Express, 8212; city-based World Human Rights Protection Council has urged Amnesty International quot;to see that the ghastly actquot; of torturing his son and five Indian soldiers quot;was condemned and the culprits brought to bookquot;. In a letter faxed to the Organisation, Council chairman Ranjan Lakhanpal has written: quot;I do hope the case of Lt Saurabh Kalia and five other Indian soldiers will be taken up by the Amnesty by giving it top priority8230;quot;

Earlier, N.K. Kalia, in his letter to The Indian Express, had appealed quot;to everyone reading the letter to generate strong public opinion and bring the facts to the notice of agencies like Amnesty International, International Red Cross and the NHRCquot;.

Meanwhile, stressing upon the fact that Amnesty International quot;had always stood for the protection of human rights all over the worldquot;, Lakhanpal stated: quot;The least that the civilised world can do is to condemn the dastardly act and take all steps that may lead to trial of the culprits, so that they may be punished and brought to bookquot;.

Claiming to have talked to Lt Kalia8217;s younger brother Vaibhav Kalia on the telephone, the chairman stated: quot;As far as he Vaibhav remembered, it was stated in the post-mortem report that both the eye balls had been badly damaged due to torture and that there were injury marks all over the body. It was also stated in the post-mortem report that the death had taken place five days before the examination was conductedquot;.