Angrez Kaur (R) with her grandchildren in Faridkot. Tribune photo

Balwant Garg

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, October 13

Over the past four decades, every time an Indian prisoner was released by Pakistan, Angrez Kaur looked forward to a reunion with her husband Surjit Singh, a BSF jawan who was reportedly captured by the Pakistan army during the 1971 war. However, her hopes were dashed every time.Now, the never-say-die Angrej Kaur (67) is optimistic again after the Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday issued a notice to the Centre on her plea seeking his release.Having run from pillar to post in the past over 20 years, she had filed a writ petition in the High Court.After Surjit went missing, she repeatedly went to the Indo-Pak border at Hussainwala and Attari to meet Pakistan Rangers and request them to help trace her husband. But she got this reply: “There is no prisoner named Surjit Singh in Pakistan’s jails.”“In July 1972, Surjit was listed as killed by the BSF authorities. A death certificate was issued, but I refused to believe that he was no longer alive,” said Angrez Kaur.“Seven years ago, my son met former Pakistan Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney in New Delhi and appealed to him to track down Surjit,” she added.