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.
