I was a RAW spy, says Surjeet

Wearing a crisp white kurta-pajama, adorned with a black turban, Surjeet Singh reached the Wagha Border where his family received him on his return to home after 31 years of imprisonment in the Lahore Jail.

“I was a RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agent. No one bothered about me after I got arrested. Don’t ask me too much,” Surjeet told the media after reaching Indian side of the border.

Held in Pakistan on spying charges in the early 1980s, Surjeet, 69, was released from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail early Thursday and made the road journey to Wagah before entering his homeland.

Read more: Deccan Chronicle

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I went to Pakistan for Spying - Confesses recently released Indian Sarjeet Singh

Speaking to Indian media just minutes after he crossed the Wagah Border into India, Sarjeet Singh confessed to his offense, saying that he went to Pakistan for spying, Express News reported on Thursday.

Sarjeet Singh goes home after 27 years after convicted of spying [Photo AFP / Express Tribune]

After the Ministry of Law and Justice approved his release on Tuesday, life sentence prisoner Sarjeet Singh crossed the Wagah Border, and after 27 years, stepped on his native  soil just a few minutes prior to this confession of being guilty.

It may be added that earlier a misunderstanding arose that an Indian terrorist Sarabjeet Singh, accused of planting bombs was being released, which created lot of enthusiasm in India. However, later the mistake was corrected as Sarjeet Singh was being released.

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Pakistan President orders release of Indian Terrorist Sarabjeet Singh

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered conversion of Indian prisoner Sarabjeet Singh’s death penalty into life imprisonment, Express News reported on Tuesday. The president has also ordered his immediate release.

The Indian prisoner was sentenced to death on September 15, 1991 on allegations that he was involved in three bomb blasts in Lahore and one in Multan.

Many mercy petitions were filed by Singh for his release and a recent petition, signed by 100,000 Indians, urged Zardari to reciprocate the release of Pakistani virologist Dr Khalil Chishty by the Indian government.

via The Express Tribune

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