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One interesting story I read today in #theindianexpress .
As you can see in this article that on 2nd Jan 1972. A #PakArmy Cessna L-19 force landed near Maili and Sarangal villages in Hoshiarpur district. And on board was a dead body of Pakistani Major.

(2) And the aircraft was flown by young bengali second lieutenant Muhammad Humayun Raja of the Corps of Signals who shot the pilot of the aircraft Major Muhammad Qasim after the pair took off from the Gujranwala in west Punjab.

The young Bengali officer who belong to Pabna in Bangladesh wanted to defect to India but had not found any opportunity to do so during the 1971 War.

As per the details of the incident which came to light later. Major Qasim took off that morning from Gujranwala for Satrah ferrying senior officers in the field formation to Pasrur when he landed at Satrah, Second Lieutenant Raza then serving in 24 signal battalion.

Asked him for a lift to Gujranwala this officer had some knowledge of flying and had under taken the aviation aptitude test. Major Qasim asked him to get permission from the Divisional headquarters for the lift and flew on to Pasrur.

Once airborne Major Qasim was shot twice in the face with a service weapon by the Bengali officer and he took command of the aircraft and set in the direction of India. He managed to fly on till Hoshiarpur where he force landed the aircraft and surrenderd to the local police.

The dead body of Major Qasim was handed back to Pakistan army and the officer was posthumously awarded a gallantry award Sitara-e-jurrat as it was believed that he resisted the orders of Raza to fly towards India and was thus shot dead.