A retired Pakistan army officer has offered help to the visiting relatives of the missing Indian prisoners of war to find the whereabouts of their loved ones.
The officer, who was not named by The News daily, claimed that in the Chamb operation during the 1971 war, Captain Dev Lal, Captain Dilgir Singh Jammuwal and his 32 comrades were killed by his unit.
"They were buried in Chamb area, which became part of Pakistan under my supervision," he said.
"If the relatives of the missing Indians currently in Pakistan want to know more, I can help them," he said.
The retired officer said Captain Dilgir Singh belonged to the 81 Field Regiment and Captain Dev Lal was from 5 Assam Regiment of the Indian Army.
The Pakistani, who currently holds an important position in the Ministry of Defence, said he never informed the media about the killings and burial of the Indian Army officers and their colleagues and is now doing it on "humanitarian grounds."
He said the burial place was located in Jal/Jhanda sector and could be shown to the Indian delegation.
The 14-member Indian delegation comprising relatives of missing PoWs on Wednesday visited the central prison in Sukkar in Sindh province, but did not find any PoWs there.
The Indian delegation interacted with prison officials and went through records to see whether any Indian PoWs were ever lodged there.
Jail Superintendent Malik Altaf Ahmed said, the Indians spent several hours in the prison, checked records and inspected various portions of the jail, but no Indian PoW was found there.
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