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Kashmir Singh reaches India after 35 years in Pak jail MIL/NDTV, Mar 4, 2008. Lahore, March 4, 2008 - Indian prisoner Kashmir Singh, who was freed from Pakistani jail after 35 years, has crossed over to India at Wagah border.He was released from the Lahore jail late on Monday evening. After his release from jail, Kashmir Singh stayed overnight in Lahore and visited a gurudwara there. The former Indian prisoner will be reunited with his wife and three sons at Wagah border later on Tuesday. According to NDTV, Kashmir Singh was arrested in Pakistan in 1973 on charges of spying and sentenced to death by an Army court. President Pervez Musharraf pardoned him, after the Pakistani Human Rights Commission pleaded his case. ''He is 100 per cent fit. He is mentally and physically sound,'' said Ansar Burney, Caretaker Minister for Human Rights. It has now emerged that Kashmir Singh converted to Islam during his time in jail and is now known as Mohammed Ibrahim. An emotional Kashmir Singh addressed the media, saying that hope kept him alive. Standing by his side was Ansar Burney, the man who worked long and hard to get him released. ''Yes I was accused of espionage and smuggling. But I did not do anything of the sort and they found nothing on me when they arrested me. Hope keeps us all alive. If there is no hope, then it would be difficult to live,'' said Kashmir Singh. Meanwhile, his family was anxious and excited to have him back. ''We have not been able to speak to him. He has met the officials. We will talk to him later. We are going to our native place and will visit a Gurudwara there,'' said Sishupal, Kashmir Singh's son. The former Indian prisoner's case is the first and perhaps a historic one, where a person accused of spying and sentenced to death in Pakistan is actually coming back to India.
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