Howrah (WB), August 31: Freed after spending seven years in a Pakistani jail, Abdul Karim, the prisoner recently released said there were seven others Indian prisoners behind bars in the neighbouring country.
Karim, caught by Pakistani Rangers after he strayed into no man’s land across the Punjab border in 2003, arrived here today from Amritsar via bus.
“To my knowledge seven other prisoners are still in jail there,” the madrasa teacher said.
Unwilling to speak about his days in the Pakistani prison in Rawalpindi, the 27-year-old, who accidentally went across the border to fetch a ball while he was playing soccer with students, said indulged in gardening.
Karim, a resident of Betabi village in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district, was sentenced to imprisonment at the central jail in Rawalpindi.
–Agencies