Hyderabad techie repatriated by Pakistan through Attari-Wagah border
The Hindu
Prashanth was arrested by Pakistan’s Bahawalpur police two years ago for illegally entering their country
A Hyderabad-based software engineer, who was arrested by Pakistan’s Bahawalpur police two years ago for illegally entering their country, was repatriated through the Attari-Wagah border on Monday. The techie, . The Bahawalpur police registered an FIR against them under the Pakistan (Control of Entry) Act and since then he was in their custody. They had crossed the border without any identification papers and proper documents, such as a valid visa and passport, the authorities. At that time the Pakistani authorities suspected that he was a ‘spy’, but later they believed his version of the story that he was trying to cross the Pakistani border to reach Switzerland to meet his online girlfriend. Prashanth surfaced in Pakistan after having gone missing for two years.
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