Prisoners of War
Fifty four (54) missing defence personnel of 1965 and 1971
Wars are believed to be in the custody in Pakistan. The Government has
repeatedly been taking up the matter with the Pakistan Government. However,
Pakistan does not acknowledge the presence of any such personnel in its
custody. A delegation of 14 relatives of missing defence personnel also visited
10 Jails in Pakistan during 1st June, 2007 - 14th June, 2007. The delegation,
however, could not conclusively confirm the physical presence of any missing
defence personnel.
The families of these
missing defence personnel have been given liberalized pensionary/rehabilitation
benefits as per extant rules. Further, orders have been issued for compliance
of judgement dated 23.12.2011 passed by Hon`ble High Court of Gujarat regarding
payment of service and retirement benefits to the next of kin of the missing
defence personnel believed to be in the custody in Pakistan, as if they had
retired on superannuation.
This information was
given by Minister of Defence Shri A K Antony in written reply to shriS.
Semmalai and Shri KuldeepBishnoi in Lok Sabha on 07-05-12
PK/RK/NN
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