December 19, 2020
Lance Naik Mangal Singh, a 26-year-old Indian Army soldier who was taken as a war prisoner during the 1971 war, is still languishing in jail in Pakistan. Almost 50 years later, his family has come to know about his whereabouts, a development that may ignite hopes in scores of others who have suffered similar ordeals.
India won the war against Pakistan because of the sheer valor and sacrifices of its armed forces and helped liberate Bangladesh, then called East Pakistan.
However, following the war, both sides captured thousands of war prisoners. The governments from India and Pakistan repatriated soldiers following the 1972 Simla Agreement. India sent back about 93,000 Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan repatriated about 600 Indian soldiers.
Husband in Pakistan jail for 49 years, wife awaits release
Husband in Pakistan jail for 49 years, wife awaits release
The name of Lance Naik Mangal Singh is one among the 83 defence personnel who are in Pakistan s custody.
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UPDATED: December 17, 2020 09:10 IST
Satya awaits release of her husband who has been in Pakistan s jail for 49-years now.
Seventy-five-year-old Satya Devi who lives in Jalandhar was just a 26-year-old when her Lance Nayak husband Mangal Singh was taken prisoner of war by the Pakistan army in 1971.
Satya s hope to meet her husband was rekindled by a letter written by the President of India s office on December 2, 2020 stating that he was alive and efforts are being made to get him released along with others.