Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal has drawn attention of the Union Government demanding release of Odia jawan Anand Patri of Bhadrak, who has been languishing in the Kot Lakhpat Central Jail in Lahore in Pakistan since 1965.
She raised this issue in Parliament on February 12 during the Zero Hour and appealed to the Minister of External Affairs to take early action to release Patri.
Notably, Patri was recruited in the Indian Army in the year 1955-56. He participated in the Indo-China war in 1962 and the Indo-Pak war in 1965.
In the year 2008, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had also requested the then Minister of External Affairs for initiating a process for Patri’s release.