As many as 182 Indian prisoners, including five women, have been languishing in Pakistani jails on ‘unknown charges’ since 1971, with many suffering from loss of memory, an official report disclosed.
Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao will present the classified report in the Senate on Wednesday. This is for the first time a Pakistani government has officially recorded data of Indian prisoners, many of whom entered mistakenly into its territory. A copy obtained by The News reveals that out of 182 prisoners, 30 are Muslims and a few are Christians. Rest are either Hindus or Sikhs.
The report is silent about whether the prisoners were ever produced before any Pakistani courts and formally charge sheeted or not. An official said the report suggests the detainees were never produced before any court. It also fails to explain what charges were framed against the prisoners and the arrangements were made with India to help their release. Similarly, the report does not give details whether the government had any plan to release them if it had no sound cases against them as a gesture of goodwill with India. The report has also not given the names of jails where they have been kept.
However, the report says the government had given Indian consular access to 50 Indian prisoners. The report is also silent about their place of birth, which could have helped their relatives to identify them. A number of the unfortunate prisoners, according to the sources in the ministry, have lost their memory and are suffering from depression and psychiatric problems.
India had handed over a list of its 54 citizens believed to be in Pakistani jails. The exchange of list was also made part of 98 confidence building measures that India exchanged with Pakistan. The Pakistan government had tried to find out information about those 54 Indians but could not do it.
The names and particulars of prisoners as recorded by the Pakistan Interior Ministry
Mohammad Sadiq alias Wela s/o Wali Mohammad, Ibrahim Ghulam s/o Ghulam Hussain, Mohammad Usman s/o Mohammad Amin, Waljis s/o Rai Mal, Mohammad Amin s/o Haji Mohammad, Mohammad Javed Hussain s/o Mohammad Gulzar Hussain, Gopal Bhagat s/o Heman Bagat, Mehan Khan so Adat Khan, Maya daughter of Wall Singh, Qasim s/o Mohamamd, Liaqat Khan so Qurdat Khan, Manoranjan alias Mohammad Imran so Widya Sagar, Hira Lal s/o Dalir Singh, Munawar Lal s/o of Das Ram, Hadeep Singh so Charan Singh, Talal Raj s/o Punjab Raj, Ameerjeet Singh s/o Mohinder Pall, Kernail Singh s/o Kartar Singh, Narmal Singh s/o Sonara Singh, Sohan Singh so Sinjgara Singh, Rajeev Singh S/O Jashveender Singh, Satesh Kumar s/o Shery Mohar Lal, Rakesh Kumar s/o Jeet Ram, Sirbjeet Singh s/o Dilbagh Singh, Pershutum Lal s/o Charan Das, Jaspal Singh s/o Sardar Chaman Singh, Sohan Singh s/o Ameerjeet Singh, Jaspal Singh s/o Suran Singh, Jernel Singh so Suran Singh, Charhanjeet Singh so Balvaher Singh, Mehender Singh s/o Darshan Singh, Perdeep Kumar so Harbans Lal, Gagan Deep Singh so Dersaj, Haresh Kumar s/o Mangoram, Baljeet Singh so Taram Singh, arseel Lal s/o Boota Lal, Karnel Singh s/o Purdeep Singh, Jamspal Singh s/o Sevram Singh, Otar Singh s/o of Mangha Singh, Shahra Singh s/o Sone Singh, Davinder Singh so Lakhvinder Singh, Daveinder Singh s/o Lakhvinder Singh, Ilyas s/o Badiu, Ram Kumar s/o of Amir Kumar, Shahidul Islam s/o Abdul Al Hassan, Wonyou so Abdul Rehman, Umer Farooq s/o Karim Din, Ashok Kumar s/o of Soran Das, Boota Ram so Dharam Chand, Gopal Das s/o Baharia Lal, Gurbukush Ram s/o of Amer Nath, Kuldeep Kumar s/o Nanak Chand, Kaldeep Singh s/o Chanda Singh, Mana Masih so Pala Masih, Manga Ram s/o Kaqtar Ram, Pervez Ahmed Masood s/o Mohamamd Yousaf Masoodi, Ram Parkash s/o of Dewan Chand; Shahbuddin Mir s/o Sirajuddin Mir, Surjeet Singh s/o Sucha Singh, Karpal Singh s/o Dwas Singh, Kashmir Singh s/o Sansar Singh, Manjeet Singh s/o Solkehea Singh, Abdul Nasir so Abdul Razaak, Ataf Hussain s/o Ghulam Hussain, Ameerjeet Singh Solekehea Singh, Amjad Khan so Bazaid Khan, Babu Ram s/o Kaiser Chand, Behram s/o unknown, Bharat Boshan s/o Sat Poul, Chnna Singh s/o of Ujagar Singh, Chanranjeet Singh Ins Raj Singh, Charan Singh s/o Hamen Singh, Chitran Das s/o Saman Dad, Dave Das s/o Pooran Das, Daveinder Singh s/o Auter Singh, Dubinder Singh s/o Naitar Singh, Ganga Ram so Ram Chander, Golu s/o Mehru, Gourpreet Singh s/o Manjeet Singh, Gula Ram so Beeka Ram, Gurumail Singh s/o Sawaran, Hakim Singh so Janab Singh, Hardeep Singh so Rolda Singh, Haribhoran Singh s/o Guru Pangi Singh, Harbans Lal s/o Kohlu Ram, Jagtar Singh s/o Ghore Bachan, Jasvant Singh s/o Narovander Singh, Jatinder Kunar s/o Sohan Lal, Journeil Singh s/o Banta Singh, Kala Singh so Sunder singh, Kala Singh s/o Sundar Singh, Kuldeep Singh s/o Sadhu Singh, Kalveer Singh s/o Chanan Singh, Kalvinder Singh so Hervent Singh, Kamal Jeet Singh Jgir Singh, Karamat Rahi Masih s/o Saith Shama Masih, Khurshid Ahmed s/o Abdul Ahad, Lukvinder Singh s/o Balbir Singh, Lukhvinder Singh so Kartar Singh, Lal Chand s/o Tarsem Lal, Mahel Singh so Pur Singh; Majender Singh s/o Lal Singh, Makhen Singh s/o Chanan Singh, Malkeet Singh s/o Fata Singh, Manjeet Singh s/o Kabal Singh, Mir Mohammad so Haji Matloob, Mohan Lal s/o Mangi Lal, Mst Fatima Bibi wife of Ramzan Khan, Mst Matii daughter of Sita Ram, Ms Teena Peka Wife of Rajesh, Mohammad Ali s/o Sarmoj Ali, Mohammad Irshad so Mohammad Akbar, Mohamamd Ashraf s/o Abdul Rashid, Mohammad Hassan so Mohammad Riaz, Mohammad Kamal s/o Mohammad Fazal, Mohammad Muslim Din s/o Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Riasat s/o Abdul Aziz, Naseem Paul s/o Bhopal, Navinder Pal s/o Stapal, Nazarul Islam s/o Phool Mian, Nishan Sinh s/o Piyara Singh, Parkash so Gana, Peeru Dival s/o Badu Lal, Pervaiz s/o Abdul Jabar, Pretum Singh s/o Bakhshu Lal, Radhey Sham s/o Bansi Lal, Rahat s/o Abdul Hai, Ram Das s/o Frash Chand Das, Ram Paul, s/o Ram Dari, Ramu Ram s/o Shame Ram, Rashi Paul so ShahiPaul, Sheikh Mohammad s/o Amir Mohammad, Sheikh Mansoor Ali so Sh Anwar Ali, Surjeet Singh s/o Rolda; Singh, Sukhveer Singh s/o Nadra Singh, Sukhvender Singh s/o Gurmukh Singh, Suraj Paul s/o Jeet Ram, SURESH Kumar s/o Valati Ram, Surender Paul s/o Rathis Ram, Swaran Lal Khotra s/o Shive Ram, Tajinder Kumar s/o Ram Singh, one prisoner does not know his name even, Veegana so Ram Bhai, Vijay Kumar so Krishan Chand, Warnu SO Shosha, Balvinder s/o Bachari Singh, Bashir Ahmed, so Azmatulah, BJ Singh s/o Parkash, David Masih, s/o Pitras Mashi, Kaka Ram s/o Baloch Ram, Manga Sheikh s/o Mohammad Sharif, Mst Naeema Shabnam daughter of Abdul Mian, Mohammad Afzal so Nazar Mohammad, Mohammad Ashraf s/o Mir Ullah, Abdul Aziz s/o Muhammad Din, Mohammad Irshad s/o Lal Hussain, Mohammad Shafi s/o Piswal, Naseeb Chand s/o Sunder Das, Nazir Ahmad s/o Abdul Rashid, Omparkash s/o Dittu Ram, Parkash Chand s/o Dhana Ram, Parkash s/o Gula Budho Ram, Rehmat Din s/o Illam Din, Shambu Nath s/o Kunjan Chand, Suni Masih s/o Fazal Masih, Syed Rafique s/o Syed Bashir Ahmed, Mohamamd Razzak s/o Naik Mohammad, Liaqat Ali s/o Sain Mohammad, Mukhtar Ahmed s/o Allam Din and Abdul Rahid s/o Tana.