Four Indian prisoners in Pakistan were repatriated to India this week, officials announced on Friday. The prisoners — Suraj Pal from Uttar Pradesh, Wahida Begum from Assam and her son Faiz Khan, and Shabir Ahmad Dars from Rajasthan — were returned to India on May 29 after completing their jail terms.
The specific charges against the individuals and the duration of their imprisonment in Pakistan have not been disclosed. The repatriation of these prisoners highlights ongoing efforts between India and Pakistan to address humanitarian issues related to imprisoned nationals.
This development comes amidst a backdrop of complex diplomatic relations between the two countries, often marked by such prisoner exchanges as part of confidence-building measures. Further details regarding the circumstances of their arrests and incarceration remain unavailable at this time.
Earlier, on Thursday, thetheorist.in had reported that the Indian woman and her minor son, both victims of human trafficking, were released from a jail in Quetta, Balochistan province, after completing a sentence of just over a year for illegally entering Pakistan last year. They were subsequently handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border crossing, a Pakistani official confirmed on Thursday.
Wahida Begum and her son Faiz Khan, residents of Nagaon district in Assam, were arrested last year while illegally crossing into Pakistan from Afghanistan via the Chaman border. Wahida told Pakistani authorities that they had been deceived by an Indian travel agent who had promised to help them reach Canada after her husband’s death in 2022.
“After the death of my husband in 2022, I decided to take my son to Canada. To do this, I sold my property and paid a hefty sum of money to an Indian agent,” Wahida said in her statement to the Pakistani police.
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