Torture death: Capt Saurab Kalia's father reaches UN

December 11, 2012 15:23

CNN IBN: Kargil war hero Capt Saurabh Kalia's father reaches the UN. Kargil War hero Capt Saurabh Kalia's family want India to take up his death-by-torture in 1999 with Pakistan. Source said that while the government sympathises with the family, the case to drag Pakistan to an international body is a non-starter. India is not a member of the International Criminal Court and therefore does not recognise its jurisdiction, the sources said. Even if India does move the court, going by precedents, it is most likely that the court will throw out the case if Pakistan does not agree to become a party. For the record, Pakistan has denied its Army tortured the officer and Indian jawans. Sources said that moving the United Nations could prove counterproductive as Pakistan can raise India's human rights record on Kashmir.

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