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PANJIM: “I have lost my whole family of five to terrorism. I was promised a lot by the terrorists but the Pakistani government has given nothing,” recounted Ghulam Ahmed Khan, former terrorist told Brigadier K S Chauhan.
Khan surrendered to the Indian Army in 1997 and gave up his terrorist activities.
Khan, today has integrated with society and is part of 27 senior citizens from
The group on Tuesday paid a visit to the Headquarters 2 Signal Training Centre and shared a morning snack with the Brigadier Chauhan and other Army Officers.
“I surrendered before the Army and was imprisoned by J&K Police for six years for murder,” Khan said adding that he now wants his children to join the Indian Army. It is a norm that surrendered terrorists are arrested and imprisoned by the police usually on charges of murder for crimes they have committed when they were terrorists but also as a means to protect them from attacks from other terrorists in the period just after they have surrendered.
“We were promised a lot of money and other perks by the Pakistani government but we got nothing. I waited for many years. I did receive threats after I surrendered but I asked those who were threatening me– ‘What have you given me? Instead I have lost my whole family. I am the only one surviving of my generation.’ When I ask this they have no answer,” Khan told the eager Brigadier who spent quite a bit of the time chatting with the ex-terrorist.
The Brigadier even guided him on how to go about helping his son join the army as an officer.
Speaking to the media Army Officer Sony K Sidharthan said that the tour from February 1 to 15 with end with their return to Kishtva after a visit to
“There is a lot of alienation between the people of Kashmir and the rest of
Most of the visitors are farmers and land owners in
