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PRESS RELEASE

Navtej Sarna 
Counsellor (Press, Information & Culture) 
Embassy of India, Washington, DC 
(202) 939-7042 

Government of India protests brutal killing of IAF pilot
Press Release issued in New Delhi


May 30,  1999
New Delhi

The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned to South Block today. A strong protest was lodged about the brutal shooting of IAF Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja by his captors, as evident from the post-mortem report.

It was conveyed that Government of India strongly condemns this act of cowardice and savagery and expects that those who are guilty of shooting Squadron Leader Ahuja in cold blood will be prosecuted by the Government of Pakistan for murder and punished.

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