Girl refuses Indian claim of missing father’s death

GUJRANWALA: A girl named Roheela, who has been searching for her father in Indian jails for over a year, refused the claims made by the Indian media that her father died in Samjhota Express accident Friday, Geo News reported.

Roheela who belongs to Hafizabad said she is certain that her father is still alive as she has the proofs.

She said that she has been searching for her father in Indian jails for more than a year when she registered the case after her father went missing.

She told the media that she has visited India thrice in the same connection and will be going again after receiving a letter from India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Roheela refuted the claims made by the Indian media that her father died in the Samjhota Express tragedy as her DNA has been matched with one of the victims.

She further said that she came to know about the arrest of seven persons in India through a letter after which the news of her father’s death emerged in the media. She termed such news as propaganda against her family.