Responding to a letter by Lt Saurabh Kalia's father N.K. Kalia -- published in The Indian Express, -- city-based World Human Rights Protection Council has urged Amnesty International "to see that the ghastly act" of torturing his son and five Indian soldiers "was condemned and the culprits brought to book". In a letter faxed to the Organisation, Council chairman Ranjan Lakhanpal has written: "I do hope the case of Lt Saurabh Kalia and five other Indian soldiers will be taken up by the Amnesty by giving it top priority..." Earlier, N.K. Kalia, in his letter to The Indian Express, had appealed "to everyone reading the letter to generate strong public opinion and bring the facts to the notice of agencies like Amnesty International, International Red Cross and the NHRC".
Meanwhile, stressing upon the fact that Amnesty International "had always stood for the protection of human rights all over the world", Lakhanpal stated: "The least that the civilised world can do is to condemn the dastardly act and take all steps that may lead to trial of the culprits, so that they may be punished and brought to book".
Claiming to have talked to Lt Kalia's younger brother Vaibhav Kalia on the telephone, the chairman stated: "As far as he (Vaibhav) remembered, it was stated in the post-mortem report that both the eye balls had been badly damaged due to torture and that there were injury marks all over the body. It was also stated in the post-mortem report that the death had taken place fiv
