Sarabjit Singh's life took a mysterious turn on 28th August, 1990 when he crossed the Indo- Pak border in an inebriated state. Little did he know that a casual foul like this would spoil or take away 22 years of his life, or for that matter even his life! Little did he know that life beyond a man- made geographical line would turn out to be an unreal journey.
Initially convicted for crossing the Indo- Pak border and later 'thought' to be Manjit Singh for involvement in the 1990 terror blasts at Lahore- which apparently wasn't proved ever. A poor farmer was termed a 'terrorist' on just sheer suspicions! His identity has been an issue of great confusion as also when his release was almost going to be done and his family was celebrating his anticipated release in 2012 when the Govt. very easily said, it was mistakenly said so and it was Surjeet Singh instead! What a way to play with someone's feelings! His sister says they had demanded an impossible amount of 25 crores for Sarabjit's release. His repetitive mercy pleas to the Govt. were always thrashed heartlessly. Even as he said he had spent 22 years in prison (more than his convicted statement) for a crime he never committed! What can injustice be otherwise?
Even as he was dying each day, he was attacked by inmates of the jail (which is rumored to be an avenge to the execution of Afzal Guru in India) with bricks, metal sheets and blades (it's painful to even write!). And eventually declared brain dead on May 1. He succumbed to the injuries, as we all know on May 2. An innocent was brutally killed. Why? So, do we really live among human beings?
Now questions that arise: Why did our Government zip up? An innocent Indian dies in a foreign country.. was there nothing we could do in 20 long years? Why wasn't he released even after 100,000 signatures from dignitaries across India, thanks to the activist groups! Just imagine the pain the soul had to suffer for being convicted for a crime he never made!, spending 22 years behind bars for no reason, not meeting his wife, his own blood for so long, not even on his death bed. He died..he died waiting for justice, waiting to meet his family, waiting to come back to his mother land which he mistakenly had crossed on 'that' fateful day! RIP Sarabjit!!!
The question isn't over yet..We still have many Sarabjits in foreign lands, whom we call 'Prisoners of War'. A report, when Sarabjit's release was in air pointed out that there are about 300 POW's in prisons of Pakistan who are our patriots, our heroes, the brave hearts of India who fought courageously for their motherland. What are they getting in return? They are the ones who deserve to stay in their home country more than anyone else. Many have over done their sentences but are still waiting for a call. Their families have been fighting in court, some as long as 40 years! They haven't celebrated Diwali or Id for their's someone very close is far away...having punished for loving his mother land! Some don't even know whether they are alive or dead! (Put yourself in their shoes and you will fell the pain!) They want an answer, but alas! their cries are falling on deaf ears, who think signing nuclear deals with foreign countries more important than rescuing their countrymen! Then what are we waiting for? Do we want another Sarabjit?
Initially convicted for crossing the Indo- Pak border and later 'thought' to be Manjit Singh for involvement in the 1990 terror blasts at Lahore- which apparently wasn't proved ever. A poor farmer was termed a 'terrorist' on just sheer suspicions! His identity has been an issue of great confusion as also when his release was almost going to be done and his family was celebrating his anticipated release in 2012 when the Govt. very easily said, it was mistakenly said so and it was Surjeet Singh instead! What a way to play with someone's feelings! His sister says they had demanded an impossible amount of 25 crores for Sarabjit's release. His repetitive mercy pleas to the Govt. were always thrashed heartlessly. Even as he said he had spent 22 years in prison (more than his convicted statement) for a crime he never committed! What can injustice be otherwise?
Even as he was dying each day, he was attacked by inmates of the jail (which is rumored to be an avenge to the execution of Afzal Guru in India) with bricks, metal sheets and blades (it's painful to even write!). And eventually declared brain dead on May 1. He succumbed to the injuries, as we all know on May 2. An innocent was brutally killed. Why? So, do we really live among human beings?
Now questions that arise: Why did our Government zip up? An innocent Indian dies in a foreign country.. was there nothing we could do in 20 long years? Why wasn't he released even after 100,000 signatures from dignitaries across India, thanks to the activist groups! Just imagine the pain the soul had to suffer for being convicted for a crime he never made!, spending 22 years behind bars for no reason, not meeting his wife, his own blood for so long, not even on his death bed. He died..he died waiting for justice, waiting to meet his family, waiting to come back to his mother land which he mistakenly had crossed on 'that' fateful day! RIP Sarabjit!!!
The question isn't over yet..We still have many Sarabjits in foreign lands, whom we call 'Prisoners of War'. A report, when Sarabjit's release was in air pointed out that there are about 300 POW's in prisons of Pakistan who are our patriots, our heroes, the brave hearts of India who fought courageously for their motherland. What are they getting in return? They are the ones who deserve to stay in their home country more than anyone else. Many have over done their sentences but are still waiting for a call. Their families have been fighting in court, some as long as 40 years! They haven't celebrated Diwali or Id for their's someone very close is far away...having punished for loving his mother land! Some don't even know whether they are alive or dead! (Put yourself in their shoes and you will fell the pain!) They want an answer, but alas! their cries are falling on deaf ears, who think signing nuclear deals with foreign countries more important than rescuing their countrymen! Then what are we waiting for? Do we want another Sarabjit?
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ReplyDeleteyes, Sarabjit and many more patriots are our heroes.. but for pakistan they are as bad as devil... whatever,indian government should handle this issue with more aggression. There are few limitation for the same. We have to answer International community because we are not developed and we want development. unlike pakistan who never had think about developments. The most important thing is that negotiations we have with pakistan are with there PM or PREZ, Who dont have any sort of authority to take even a small decision. Real power is with ISI and there military leader. I mean there is only a 'Procedure of Democracy' in pak.. so our talks with so called leaders of pakistan have no meaning.. there are many other reasons for passiveness of government.. The only way to get out of it is Economic Development. Which will allow us to resist any foreign county same as USA do.
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