Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia's father NK Kalia reacts to yesterday's surgical strikes on the terror camps in the LoC.


"I salute our brave Indian army personnel for conducting this and also thank the PM for taking such a bold decision to teach Pakistan a lesson," he said.


"It is Very appropriate, timely and effective," the martyr's father said on the Indian army action.


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


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


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


The NDA government at the Centre has decided not to approach the International Court of Justice with respect to torture and killing of Captain Saurabh Kalia.


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