Gujarat man who spent 28 years in Pakistan jail returns residence, appeals for presidency assist
By PTI
AHMEDABAD: A Gujarat man has reunited together with his household after spending greater than 28 years in Pakistan jail on espionage fees and appealed to the Indian authorities to assist carry again different compatriots languishing in prisons within the neighbouring nation.
Kuldeep Yadav (59), who returned residence and reunited together with his sister and three brothers in Ahmedabad on August 25, additionally requested the federal government to assist him together with his rehabilitation, saying he was left with nothing and can’t stay depending on his siblings ceaselessly.
“Even the shirt I am wearing now is from Pakistan. I do not even have my own clothes,” he mentioned on Wednesday.
Yadav was arrested by Pakistan authorities in March 1994 on espionage fees and launched from jail on August 22 this yr.
He entered India through the Wagah-Attari border in Punjab.
He appealed to the Indian High Commission in Pakistan to grasp the plight of Indians lodged in jails within the neighbouring nation and assist carry them again residence.
Yadav mentioned a number of incarcerated Indians have misplaced their psychological stability and can’t even keep in mind their names due to intense torture by the hands of Pakistani authorities.
Such folks proceed to stay in jail even after their sentence was over.
“Whenever we requested the Pakistan authorities and jail authorities to launch us, they’d say just one factor, ‘that the Indian authorities was not accepting us’.
When the Indian authorities doesn’t settle for us, then launch turns into troublesome,” he advised reporters at his sister’s residence within the metropolis’s Chandkheda locality.
Talking in regards to the plight of Indians lodged in Pakistan jails, Yadav mentioned a number of inmates present irregular behaviour on account of lengthy incarceration and torture by the hands of authorities there and have problem in remembering their names or addresses.
“When they are caught there and tortured, their life is ruined. They are not able to recall anything, even their names. They may have forgotten their names, but they are all Indians, and the government here should help bring them back,” he mentioned.
He talked about one Bablu Ram, who he mentioned, has bought his Aadhaar card with him.
One or two Indian prisoners even had their passports with them.
“It is for the Indian government to seek their release because they went there out of patriotism, for the work of the country,” he mentioned.
Yadav mentioned he was lucky to have his brothers and sister ready for him again residence.
“I want all the Indian prisoners languishing there to get the same happiness of reuniting with their family members that I have got today. The Indian government should release Pakistani prisoners jailed here in return for Indians jailed in Pakistan,” he mentioned.
Yadav mentioned he spent his total life for the nation, however bought nothing in return.
“For how lengthy will I stay depending on my brothers and sister? I attraction to the federal government to assist me in my rehabilitation.
Even the shirt on my physique is from Pakistan, I do not even have my very own garments,” he mentioned.
His sister Rekha Yadav mentioned she was assured to see her brother sooner or later.
“I had full confidence in God that my brother will return home. Today I am very happy. I tied rakhi on his hand and I am very happy. I have got my brother after a long tapasya (austere devotion),” she mentioned.
Rekha Yadav mentioned she and her brother exchanged letters through the years a few of which might attain him in jail however many will not.
“For the last several years, even the exchange of letters had stopped. We only hoped the government would do something for us,” she mentioned.
The Indian High Commission in Islamabad had knowledgeable Yadav’s relations by a letter dated February 1, 2007, that he had been stored at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore.
In a subsequent letter, Yadav had revealed he was caught by Pakistan authorities on March 23, 1994 and stored in detention for 3 years.
After that, a army courtroom sentenced him to 25 years in jail on spying fees and he was shifted to Kot Lakhpat jail in 1996.
Yadav had left residence in 1989, saying he was going for a job in New Delhi, however didn’t specify the character of the employment.
The household later misplaced contact with Yadav, a regulation graduate from the Gujarat University.
AHMEDABAD: A Gujarat man has reunited together with his household after spending greater than 28 years in Pakistan jail on espionage fees and appealed to the Indian authorities to assist carry again different compatriots languishing in prisons within the neighbouring nation.
Kuldeep Yadav (59), who returned residence and reunited together with his sister and three brothers in Ahmedabad on August 25, additionally requested the federal government to assist him together with his rehabilitation, saying he was left with nothing and can’t stay depending on his siblings ceaselessly.
“Even the shirt I am wearing now is from Pakistan. I do not even have my own clothes,” he mentioned on Wednesday.
Yadav was arrested by Pakistan authorities in March 1994 on espionage fees and launched from jail on August 22 this yr.
He entered India through the Wagah-Attari border in Punjab.
He appealed to the Indian High Commission in Pakistan to grasp the plight of Indians lodged in jails within the neighbouring nation and assist carry them again residence.
Yadav mentioned a number of incarcerated Indians have misplaced their psychological stability and can’t even keep in mind their names due to intense torture by the hands of Pakistani authorities.
Such folks proceed to stay in jail even after their sentence was over.
“Whenever we requested the Pakistan authorities and jail authorities to launch us, they’d say just one factor, ‘that the Indian authorities was not accepting us’.
When the Indian authorities doesn’t settle for us, then launch turns into troublesome,” he advised reporters at his sister’s residence within the metropolis’s Chandkheda locality.
Talking in regards to the plight of Indians lodged in Pakistan jails, Yadav mentioned a number of inmates present irregular behaviour on account of lengthy incarceration and torture by the hands of authorities there and have problem in remembering their names or addresses.
“When they are caught there and tortured, their life is ruined. They are not able to recall anything, even their names. They may have forgotten their names, but they are all Indians, and the government here should help bring them back,” he mentioned.
He talked about one Bablu Ram, who he mentioned, has bought his Aadhaar card with him.
One or two Indian prisoners even had their passports with them.
“It is for the Indian government to seek their release because they went there out of patriotism, for the work of the country,” he mentioned.
Yadav mentioned he was lucky to have his brothers and sister ready for him again residence.
“I want all the Indian prisoners languishing there to get the same happiness of reuniting with their family members that I have got today. The Indian government should release Pakistani prisoners jailed here in return for Indians jailed in Pakistan,” he mentioned.
Yadav mentioned he spent his total life for the nation, however bought nothing in return.
“For how lengthy will I stay depending on my brothers and sister? I attraction to the federal government to assist me in my rehabilitation.
Even the shirt on my physique is from Pakistan, I do not even have my very own garments,” he mentioned.
His sister Rekha Yadav mentioned she was assured to see her brother sooner or later.
“I had full confidence in God that my brother will return home. Today I am very happy. I tied rakhi on his hand and I am very happy. I have got my brother after a long tapasya (austere devotion),” she mentioned.
Rekha Yadav mentioned she and her brother exchanged letters through the years a few of which might attain him in jail however many will not.
“For the last several years, even the exchange of letters had stopped. We only hoped the government would do something for us,” she mentioned.
The Indian High Commission in Islamabad had knowledgeable Yadav’s relations by a letter dated February 1, 2007, that he had been stored at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore.
In a subsequent letter, Yadav had revealed he was caught by Pakistan authorities on March 23, 1994 and stored in detention for 3 years.
After that, a army courtroom sentenced him to 25 years in jail on spying fees and he was shifted to Kot Lakhpat jail in 1996.
Yadav had left residence in 1989, saying he was going for a job in New Delhi, however didn’t specify the character of the employment.
The household later misplaced contact with Yadav, a regulation graduate from the Gujarat University.
