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Surjeet freed, to come home via Wagah
Thursday June 28, 2012 09:55:08 AM,
IANS
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Attari (Punjab): Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh was
released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after over three decades
in captivity Thursday and reached the Wagah border on the Pakistan
side on his way back home, officials said.
Surjeet would walk into India after Pakistan authorities completed
all formalities, Border Security Force (BSF) officials here told
IANS.
"This can take up to two-three hours," one BSF official said.
He was brought to Wagah, which falls in Pakistan, in a police
prison van.
His family, including son Kulwinder Singh, were waiting on the
Attari side of the joint border checkpost.
"We are very happy that he is being finally released. We will have
big celebrations," Kulwinder Singh, who arrived here early
Thursday morning with family members, relatives and villagers,
said.
Attari, 30 km from Amritsar city, is the border checkpost on the
Indian side.
The Pakistan authorities are also likely to allow 311 Indian
fishermen to walk back to India after their release from Karachi
prison Wednesday. Most of the fishermen are from Gujarat.
They were in Pakistani custody for periods ranging from a few
months to three years after they were accused of violating
Pakistan's territorial water off the coast of Gujarat.
Surjeet, 69, spent over 30 years in Pakistani jail after being
arrested on charges of spying. He completed his life term in 2005.
His family in Phidde in Ferozepur district are eagerly waiting for
his return.
"We are all very eager to receive him. We will make him very
comfortable here," Surjeet's daughter-in-law said.
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