ISLAMABD – Pakistani man named Mohammad Waqas Ahmed has been released froman Indian jail after 10 years of imprisonment. According to the Indiaauthorities, he will return to Pakistan tomorrow.
Vinod Kumar Singh, SHO Bithoor Police Station, confirmed that his releaseorders were received on Friday night and said that arrangements are beingmade for his return to Pakistan on May 14.
Waqas, a resident of Lahore, who was released on March 12 from the districtjail, will return to Pakistan via Wagah border. Since his release from thejail, he was placed a the Bithoor Police Station.
“It’s big news for him because he was eager to celebrate Eid with hisfamily members,” SHO Singh said.
Waqas’s case dates back to 2005 when he entered India on a three-day visato watch a cricket match between Pakistan and India. His passport wasreportedly stolen from his hotel room and he went missing after that.
He was arrested in May 2009 from the Bithoor area, where he was allegedlyliving with a Muslim family under a new identity. The Indian authoritiesblamed him of espionage for ISI against Indian military’s installations andother information.
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According to police, he had been living in Kanpur with a new name, IbrahimKhan. He had rented a room from Sitara Baigum and later married herdaughter. Waqas also obtained a new voter ID and driving license under hisnew name.
He was sent for 10 years in jail for falsification of documents andcriminal espionage from the district court of Bithoor.
Via: *TOIlink*
