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Pak police stops Indian High Commission staffer from leaving

Pak police stops Indian High Commission staffer from leaving

Author: PTI
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: June 4, 2002
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/040602/dLFOR36.asp

Pakistani police prevented the convoy of vehicles of the Indian High Commission carrying injured staffer Kulwant Singh and his family to Wagah border on Tuesday morning.

A senior diplomat of the Indian High Commission said that Singh, his family members and the medical staff were stopped by the police about 50 kms from Lahore and told to return.

Singh sustained serious injuries after being abducted and interrogated allegedly by Pakistan intelligence officials three days ago.

The diplomat said the decision to shift Singh immediately to India for urgent medical treatment was taken as he was not being allowed proper medical care here.

The injured staffer was due to be shifted by road to India in an ambulance on Monday. But the ambulance backed off in the last minute. So, the High Commission sent Singh in its own vehicles on Tuesday morning after obtaining necessary permissions from Pakistan government, he said.

The diplomat said the High Commission officials here immediately took up the issue with the Foreign Office to permit Singh to travel back without hindrance.

Due to serious injury to pelvic region, Singh was not in a position to sit and was made to travel lying down, he said.

Singh's convoy was not permitted to leave till mid-afternoon, causing serious concern about his health, the diplomat said. The convoy stood on the road waiting for orders, he said.
 


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