Preneet says will take up PoW Surjit’s case

“Burney told us that he had found my father in a jail in Quetta and that he would ensure that he is back home within two months. However,we have not heard from Burney after the death of Osama bin laden. We wanted to meet Preneet Kaur,but she was out of the country. I will seek an appointment with her now,” said Amrik Singh,Surjit Singh’s son.

Surjit Singh was posted in Chamba during the 1971 War. He was captured by the Pakistani Army,and declared dead by the Indian Army. His family has been receiving his pension. “In the past,many spies and soldiers captured by Pakistan have come back home. I will meet them and inquire about my father. One soldier who came back almost 10 years ago,told me that he had spent some time with my father in jail,” said Amrik,who was only a year-and-a-half when Surjit went missing.