Srinagar:SC orders release of 4 Pakistanis after 45 years

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Srinagar:SC orders release of 4 Pakistanis after 45 years

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Srinagar Supreme Court ordered to release four Pakistanis detained in JK jail for 45 year.

02 November,2011 08:49 pm

The court also issued orders to make arrangements for their return to Pakistan as well.All of them had been arrested during Pak-India war in 1965 and thrown behind bars as prisoners of war.The Supreme Court divisional bench comprising Justice Pisth Soom and Justice Jisti Chilmshor conducted hearing of the case of four prisoners Sakhi Muhammad son of Lal Din, Bhagga Khan, Barkat Hussain son of Syed Muhammad and Alam Sabir son of Bhagga detained in Jammu and Kashmir prison for 45 years.Indian Army had arrested many people during war and handed them over to police. Some of them were released after some time but the aforesaid ill-fated were kept in dungeon.