SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government is trying hard to get the title of Martyr bestowed upon Chamel Singh who died after being attacked in a Pakistani jail.
“Talks are being held with Centre,” Omar told reporters in Jammu.
Family members of Chamel have demanded that he should also be bestowed with the title of a martyr and a compensation on the pattern of Sarabjit’s family.
“We appeal to the government of India that our father be accorded the title of a martyr,” Deepak Singh, son of Chamel Singh had said.
Chamel, who hailed from a border hamlet of Pargwal in Akhnoor belt of Jammu, was detained in Pakistan in early 2010 on charges of spying. He was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment starting August, 18 2010.
Singh was beaten to death in Pakistan’s Kot Lakhpat jail on January 15 this year and his body was brought back here on March 13.
