After 29 Years In Pakistan Jail, J&K Man Gets Warm Welcome Home
NDTV
Kuldeep Singh (53), along with Mohammad Gufran from Aurangabad, was released by Pakistan on Monday.
After spending 29 years in a Pakistani jail, Kathua resident Kuldeep Singh returned to a rousing welcome at his hometown here on Friday night, following which he asked the youth to "never pull back from making any sacrifice for the country".
Mr Singh (53), along with Mohammad Gufran from Aurangabad, was released by Pakistan on Monday and they reached the Red Cross Bhavan at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Punjab after their repatriation.
Mr Singh said Pakistani agencies tortured him for three years after his arrest in 1992. He was produced in a court for alleged espionage and subsequently sent to 25 years of imprisonment.
A resident of Makwal village at Billawar in Kathua, Mr Singh was accorded a warm welcome by the villagers who burnt firecrackers and raised slogans in praise of the country and him.
