Maa Tujhe Salaam
Lt. Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the Indian Armylaid down his life at the young age of 22 for the nation while guarding thefrontiers at Kargil. His parents, indeed the Indian Army and nation itself,lost a dedicated, honest and brave son. He was the first officer to detect andinform about Pakistani intrusion. Pakistan captured him and his patrol partyof 5 brave men alive on May 15, 1999 from the Indian side of LOC. They were kept in captivity for three weeks and subjected to unprecedented brutal torture, evident from their bodies handed over by Pakistan Army on June 9, 1999. The Pakistanisindulged in dastardly acts of inflicting burns on the Indians with cigarettes, piercingtheir ears with hot rods, removing their eyes befor e! puncturing them and breakingmost of the bones and teeth. They even chopped off various limbs and private organsof the Indian soldiers besides inflicting unimaginable physical and mental torture. After 22 days of torture, the brave soldiers were ultimately s...