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please fwd this to amnesty international as a mark of protest against the barbaric act commited by the Pakitsan army: mutilating the dead bodies of indian soldiers.

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Bodies returned bear evidence of torture - The Times of India News Service
NEW DELHI: A tale of barbarism by the Pakistani army in Kargil unfolded on Wednesday with the handing over of the bodies of six Indian soldiers in a disfigured and mutilated condition, some even without their vital parts.

This is the second such incident since fighting began in Kargil. Earlier this month, Pakistan had returned the body of MiG-21M pilot Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja after shooting him in cold blood.

``An initial examination reveals that the bodies were disfigured. This is an outrageous act and violation of all international conventions,'' said Army spokesman Col. Bikram Singh. ``Since the bodies were handed back by the Pakistani army, what happened to our soldiers is entirely Pakistan's responsibility,'' R. S. Jassal, the external affairs ministry spokesman, said.

The bodies of the six soldiers, including that of Lt Saurav Kalia, were handed over by the Pakistani army at post No. 43 near Kargil. The eyes of some of the soldiers had been gouged out, and their ears, nose and genitals chopped off. The six soldiers belonged to the Infantry's 4 Jat battalion and were part of a patrol that had been reported missing within Indian territory in the Kaksar sub-sector since May 14.

The Army spokesman declined to comment whether the soldiers had been tortured to death or whether the bodies had been mutilated afterwards, saying that they would not like to comment till they received details of the post-mortem report. The report has been delayed as the bodies could not be flown to the Base Hospital at Srinagar due to bad weather. ``We are hopeful of getting the report tomorrow,'' he said.

The Army and MEA spokesmen declined to comment on India's response if the post-mortem report indicated torture. They also declined to say whether organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would be present during the post-mortem.

A report from Kargil quoted an Army official as saying, ``We have never heard of any such treatment meted out to Army personnel, who wage a battle for their motherland, in the history of armed conflicts between the two countries. Pakistan has done this a few days before its foreign minister Sartaj Aziz will visit New Delhi to discuss the Kargil situation,'' he said. He recalled that in the 1971 war, the Indian Army had captured over 95,000 Pakistani soldiers in the eastern sector who were handed back to Islamabad unharmed.

The Army said fierce fighting continued in the Batalik and Drass sub-sectors and 10 more Pakistani soldiers had been killed and 12 wounded. Three more Indian soldiers were killed and three wounded.

Please forward this message by copying an pasting this article to amenestyis@amenesty.org as it is this gesture on your part which will lead to awakening of the world media.

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