Samjhuta Express tragedy: Pakistani couple denied access to children's graves in India

[Screambowl]

one can feel the pain of the parents. but some times one has to say sorry for not allowing them due to reasons best known the authorities. Further more, I believe it is just because, not the parents but few crazy people will use these graves as momentum of silence for samjhauta victims and defame hindus.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

We really like you! You are very important to us! @isupportaap

I hope you know that he is actually Pakistani.

 

[shaheenmissile]

of course you like him because he is pakistani.
on topic: why they buried them here? they could have taken their bodies back to pakistan and should have buried them there.

It depends on condition of Dead body and the costs involved. Plus your comment is Insensitive. But thats what a Hindutva extremist can think of,so not surprised.

 

[jamahir]

to the parents i say, let their children remain silent in their graves... start an organization in their name which works to bring peace to south asia.

to india i say, your tragedy is that the movement that the bomber-criminal, colonel purohit, belongs to, that movement is now the government of india.

 

[ravi kiran]

Unless Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit is from Mars.

So That makes that incident Indian terrorism? Should I say peshawar attack was Pakistan terrorism?

One also wonders why so many Indians crawl all over a Pakistani forum

Isn't it international forum?

It's not difficult at all, we often receive bodies of our prisoners, however under the circumstances, perhaps Indian authorities were being efficient in disposing the bodies and the proof

Another conspiracy theory.

It depends on condition of Dead body and the costs involved. Plus your comment is Insensitive. But thats what a Hindutva extremist can think of,so not surprised.

How my comment is insensitive?
And please elaborate how I am hindutva extremist?

 

[shaheenmissile]

Reminds me of my own experience back in the days.
I had phone call on my Motorolla C333 Phone (In shocking incidents you tend to remember minute details) that one of my close friend who sailed out on a boat from Larnaca in Cyprus had gone missing. I was in Morocco at the time. Called nearby ports to find out if they had received any distress calls and found that Latakia Port of Syria had received a Distress call around same tome we estimated the friend's boat could be in their radio range.
I had a talk with Latakia port Harbor master and requested him to do what he can and he assured me. About 12 hours later we had a Phone call from the Harbor master that they have picked up some Dead bodies and need identification. Me and another friend From Lahore agreed to go to Latakia as we were pretty sure it was our lost friend. We asked Harbor master to arrange cold storage for the dead bodies until we arrive.
Arranging flights and necessary paper work and rod travel withing Syria was a Nightmare and it took us more than 48 hours to be at the Harbor master office in Latakia.
With him we went to the Local hospital whom he handed over three dead Bodies they found in the sea not far from Syrian shores.
To our shock and horror we found the dead bodies out in the sun. Nobody from the hospital bothered to put them in cold storage and the bodies had now deteriorated beyond recognition. Eyes had fallen back into sockets,flesh had exploded in multiple places due to the heat of Syrian sun and the smell was unbearable. The harbor master being a Syrian Navy guy was very apologetic. But it wasn't his fault,the civilian Hospital said they simply didn't have enough cold storage and even if they had put the bodies in the storage,the power cuts had still damaged the bodies.
Anyway,we recognized our friend and Put him in Private Cold storage,which was basically a large Kitchen Freezer and a Generator we Bought Locally.
Then it took us another 72 hours to go through all the Paper work, Chemical preservation of the dead body,Building a coffin and arranging a flight.
The Friend's Family were not so resourceful,and his Cyprus trip was job related.
We had to ask his mother not to look at the corpse as it was a Horrible sight. The rest of the Family members who saw hos Decomposed Body took long time to recover.

Eventually the Burial happened after 7-8 days after his death,and that too after we the friends spent 15,000 USD + of our own money and involved all the Diplomatic resources we had.

Things could have been much cheaper,and far less hectic if he had died on a bed of a Hospital In Syria,as everything could have been pre-Planned.

So the point being. Those saying that the Pakistani couple had Brought the Kids back to Pakistan and Buried,are Ignorant insensitive people with little or no Knowledge of the legal,emotional and financial implications.

 

[Bang Galore]

So the point being. Those saying that the Pakistani couple had Brought the Kids back to Pakistan and Buried,are Ignorant insensitive people with little or no Knowledge of the legal,emotional and financial implications.

Not in such cases. Indian authorities have paid out compensation & would certainly have assisted in the transferring of remains. These cases are different from individual cases where there is no state action involved.

 

[DesiGuy]

Why are the graves in India? Shouldn't the bodies have been sent back to Pakistan if identified?

That's an excellent question!

 

[pursuit of happiness]

There can be moments in life when you’re so plunged into grief that you can’t cry even if you want to. Such is the story of Rana Shaukat Ali and his wife Rukhsana who have to live with the adversity of losing their five children in the Samjhauta Express train blasts of 2007.

Their misery continued as they have been denied access to their children’s graves by Indian authorities despite a passage of eight long years.

Pakistani citizens Rana Shaukat Ali and wife Rukhsana (above) lost five of their children in the Samjhauta Express blasts on February 18, 2007. PHOTO: SUDHANSHU MALHOTRA



Ali, a man broken inside, yearns to visit Panipat in Haryana, because that is where the graves of his sons and daughters lie. “We want to travel to Panipat to visit our children’s graves for ‘Quran Khawani’ (prayers at the graves). We have been going to Panipat for ‘Quran Khawani’ since 2008. ”But since 2011, the Indian High Commission in Islamabad has not granted us permission for the visit,” said Ali who is a vendor in Pakistan.

The couple lost 15-year-old daughter Ayesha in the terror along with his other children Bilal, 13, Meer Hamza, 11, Abdul Rehman, 6, and Aasma, 4.

This year, the pair was finally allowed to acquire the visas but restricted to Noida because of reasons known best to Indian authorities.

“This year, we have got the visa but only for Noida. We reached here by bus on February 9. “For over a month, we have been waiting for the Indian government’s permission to let us visit the graves to offer prayers”.

Rukhsana’s sentiments are not any different, “I dream about my children every night. They are asking me when I will come to meet them. I want to go to their graves as soon as possible,” said Rukhsana, as tears rolled down her cheeks

A photo taken after the Samjhauta Express blast at Diwana in Haryana. Ali and his wife have been denied visas to visit the graves of their dead children. PHOTO: SHEKAR YADAV



Knowing that they have been restricted to Noida till April 10 this year, Rukhsana said: “We have applied for a fresh visa to visit Panipat. We humbly request the Indian government to allow us to visit the graves of our children and offer prayers. We will be grateful to the authorities.”

“I have written to the Ministry of External Affairs to provide the couple with visas to visit Panipat. I have given a written guarantee to the authorities that they will not harm the country,” said Ashok Randhawa, the couple’s only friend in India and is the convener of the South Asian Forum against Terrorism. He works for the welfare of people affected by terrorism.

Ali concluded: “I am still hopeful that the Indian authorities will grant me my request, else I will have to return without seeing my children’s graves.”


Samjhuta Express tragedy: Pakistani couple denied access to children's graves in India - The Express Tribune

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sorry to here it
but in present situation.. brain rules than heart even it feels that pain

 

[livingdead]

they should send the remains to pakistan for burial and in the meantime, allow people to visit the place. Its is inhuman to deny such right.

 

[SpArK]

Hope it gets resolved.

 

[Bang Galore]

That's an excellent question!

Curious twist: (not necessarily the full truth, I have read earlier reports of a number of the bodies remaining unidentified)

Feb 26, 2007

"Rana Shaukat's five children were buried in Faisalabad on Saturday afternoon at the Samanabad graveyard. The five children were Ayisha Tabassum 15, Asima Shahzadi 8, Muhammad Bilal 11, Amir Hamza 10 and Muhammad Rahman 6."

`India taking Pak into confidence about Samjhauta probe` | Zee News