" Main kuchh qubool karna chahta hun, Brigadier Sahib " (I have a confession to make), said Pakistani Brigadier Khwaja Mohammad Naser (Retd), to his Indian guest in Lahore, Brigadier Madan Lal Khetarpal. Naser then disclosed that in the 1971 Indo-Pak war. It was he who had killed Brigadier Khetarpal's son , 2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal on the battlefield.

It was 2001, and Brigadier Khetarpal, who was born in Pakistan's Sargodha and came to India during the 1947 Partition, was visiting his ancestral home. But the trip that was supposed to be one of nostalgia turned into one of shock, and later, reconciliation.

Naser, a Major commanding a Patton tank squadron in Pakistan's 13 Lancers armoured regiment, was leading the attack against Indian positions at Basantar on December 16, 1971.

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