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Indian national Hamid Ansari, who crossed border for love, lodged in Pakistan Jail to be released tomorrow

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 17 December 2018, 16:00 IST
Pakistan: Hamid Ansari lodged in Pakistan's Kohat Jail to be released tomorrow, reports ANI.  "Indian national Hamid Ansari who is lodged in Kohat Central Jail in Pakistan, to be released tomorrow," Tweets ANI.
 
After six years in jail, the Indian national Hamid Ansari who crossed border for love will be released by Pakistan tomorrow.
According to reports in a leading portal, a Pakistani court had directed the government to complete formalities for Ansari's deportation within a month as his three-year jail term ended on December 15.
 
A 33-year-old Hamid Ansari, who is a Mumbai resident, is currently lodged in Pakistan's Peshawar Central Jail after being sentenced by a military court to three years' imprisonment for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card on December 15, 2015.
 
In 2012, Ansari was arrested in Pakistan for illegally entering the country from Afghanistan, reportedly to meet a girl he had befriended online.
 
First published: 17 December 2018, 15:39 IST