Raheela Wakeel, daughter of a man who went missing after Samjhota Express bombing, has rejected the results of a DNA test conducted by an Indian medical board during her recent visit to India.
Raheela, who just returned from India after attempting to search for her missing father, said on Friday that her DNA test should be conducted in Pakistan or by a medical board comprising Indian and Pakistani doctors.
She said that she had visited India to search for her father, but the Indian government had imposed restrictions on her movement.
She said that Indian intelligence agencies had been monitoring her activities and movement in India during her search for her father, adding that the Indian government had pasted posters calling for her restricted movement on the walls of different areas, and newspapers.
She said the Indian media published false and baseless news about her and her missing father, and that her lawyer Momin Malik had sued the media and demanded Rs 20 million in damages.
She said the Indian government had offered her at least Rs 1.5 million as “compensation money” for surrendering the issue of her father, adding that she had rejected the offer and told the government to get Rs 2 million from her for handing over her father’s dead body. She vowed to continue the search for her father until her last breath.
Raheela further said that the Indian secret agencies and police had mentally tortured her by asking many questions, and warning her not to raise the issue because her father had not boarded the Samjhota Express on February 18, 2007.
She said the Indians accused her relatives of involvement in the disappearance of her father. She appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to play a role in recovering her father as they played a role for the release of Dr Khalil Chishti from the custody of India authorities.