Just in: So, the government has blinked. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says the Saurabh Kalia is exceptional and the government will go to the international court if the Supreme Court allows it. The government will change the affidavit if the Supreme Court allows it, she said today.


In a huge blow to the families of the martyrs, the Central government has refused to move the International Court of Justice against the treatment meted out to the war heroes.


The Narendra Modi government has said that moving the ICJ against Pakistan in the matter is not 'practical'. The Centre's reaction comes after Captain Kalia's family had demanded for an international probe in the Supreme Court.

Captain Kalia, along with five other soldiers, was taken prisoner by Pakistani troops during the Kargil war in 1999. They were held captive and allegedly tortured before their bodies were handed back to India June 9, 1999.


This incident had caused an uproar across the nation, as the torturing of prisoners of war is against the Geneva Convention.


Meanwhile, Pakistan has consistently denied the charges of torture, stating that the soldiers may have died because of poor weather conditions.