Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Army Chief has finally reacted on the allegations of Sabra Ahmadzai, an Afghan woman who claims to have been deserted by her husband, an Indian Army Major.
Twenty-year-old Sabra has travelled all the way to India, carrying with her photographs of her marriage to Major Chandrasekhar Pant, who she claims went as far as converting to Islam to win over her parents.
Major Pant married Sabra when he was in Kabul as a part of rebuilding efforts by India two years ago. However, Major Pant left for India three weeks after the marriage and in six months, the frequent phone rings went silent. And therefore, after two years Sabra set out for Pithorgarh in Uttarakhand looking for her husband, only to discover that he is already married and has two children.
“How can a doctor do this? How can someone do this? He has insulted his profession, insulted the army and insulted the country,” Sabra says.
Every day, Sabra meets lawyers, ministers, journalists and students to tell her story. Her most recent meeting was with the Afghan Ambassador to India. She has been assured of her country's support but she has a few questions for the Indian Army.
“I have lodged a complaint but the Army has not contacted me so far. If they are really working on this then they should at least try to get in touch with me or my lawyer,” she says.
Sabra’s lawyer Ravinder Gariha says, “Army has not initiated proceedings to do justice to Sabra. Army has initiated proceedings to see that discipline can be maintained.”
Major Pant's alleged indiscretion is not an isolated case. And because shame and sorrow usually follow such allegations, there is no doubt that the Army loses quite a bit of its goodwill.
When asked about Sabra, Army Chief Deepak Kapoor said that if found guilty, Army would not hesitate to take action against Major Pant.
“She said that her so-called marriage took place sometime during December. However, as per our records and as per the details of the Officer of the Mission to Afghanistan, he (Major Pant) was there between January and November. If any of my Army men are found to be at fault, we have not hesitated at any point to take an action,” Kapoor said.
The fact that this case happened in a foreign country and involves foreign nationals makes the processes involved much more tedious and time consuming, but Major Pant would never have imagined that Sabra would follow him from Afghanistan to India, looking for justice.
Born in regimented Afghanistan, Sabha has been a refugee in Pakistan. And now she has lost her home again being deserted by the man she thought was legally her husband.
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