But our only grudge is that the Indian government has so far failed to fight the scourge of war crimes at the international level,' Kalia, who is now settled at Palampur, 40 km from the district headquarters town of Kangra, said.

'Though the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government (1999-2004) expressed concern at the heinous crime and promised to take up the issue at the international level, in all these years the issues got diluted,' Kalia recalled.

To highlight the plight of war crimes victims, Kalia has started an online signature campaign.

'The pain of losing a young son is hard to describe in words. But we feel content with the fact that many citizens have supported us through online signature campaigns. Till date more than 13,000 people have put up their signatures,' he said.

Today, Saurabh's photographs, his uniforms, shoes and mementoes are kept in his room, which has been named 'Saurabh Smriti Kaksha' (a museum), in the Kalias' four-bedroom house in Palampur.

The Himachal Pradesh government has raised 'Saurabh Van Vihar' in a sprawling area of 35 acres here besides renaming a street in the town as Capt Saurabh Kalia Marg.