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Friday, April 8, 2011

GOPAL DASS RETURNS HOME

                                         GOPA DASS RETURNS HOME

    Gopal Dass,who spend 27 years in a Pakistani jail after being convicted of the charge of spying, returned home on Thursday 7th April,2011, to an emotional welcome by his family.
Mr Dass,52 was set free from the Lahore central jail after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari remitted his sentence on humanitarian grounds following an appeal by the Indian supreme court.
  His brother Anand Vir, two sisters and niece, besides a dozen people from Bhaini Mian Khan village of Punjab's Gurdaspur district, received him with hugs. Gopal Dass had lost the" golden period of youth in jail" Mr Dass asked " Indian government why it was silent for the past 27 years.
  He expressed thanks to the Pakistan's president and Prime Minister for releasing him. He said he was also thankful to the Supreme court. He claimed that seven Indian prisoners who had completed their sentences died of ill- health. Moreover, nearly a dozen Indian nationals had almost lost their senses.
    Mr Dass, then 25 and unmarried , had crossed over to Pakistan in 1984 and was arrested by the Pakistani Rangers on spying charges. On March 27,2011,Mr Zardari remitted Mr Dass' term, ahead of Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani's visit to India, at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan singh, to watch the world cup semifinal at Mohali

                                                                                                       Prof.John Kurakar
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