An Indian man who crossed the border into Pakistan to see his girlfriend whom he had connected with Facebook was arrested and put behind bars for 4 years without anyone to bail him out. Prasanth hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and works as a programmer in Hyderabad, Telangana. He has been in love with a Pakistani woman with whom he had connected on Facebook.
In order to visit his girlfriend, Prasanth had attempted to enter Pakistan illegally in 2017 to see her in person. Before he could get to his girlfriend, the Pakistani police arrested him and he was imprisoned in Islamabad. His father Babu Rao had lodged a complaint with the Cyberabad Madhapur police after his son had not returned home for 2 years. Prasanth had lied at home that he was going to Pakistan for work. A case was registered in April 2019 regarding Prasanth’s disappearance.
In this situation, the video taken on the cell phone of Prashanth, who was imprisoned and was unable to leave Pakistan, went viral on social media. Baburao’s father has appealed to the Cyberabad Police Commissioner Sajjanar to release him immediately, pointing out that the video has gone viral and that his son Prasanth was suffering in Pakistan.
Citing this, Sajjan, Hyderabad’s Commissioner of Police, wrote a letter to the state government and the Ministry of External Affairs. On the basis of this letter, the Indian Foreign Ministry officials spoke to the Indian embassy officials in Pakistan and took immediate action to rescue Prashanth.
In light of the same, the government of Pakistan agreed to hand over Prashanth to India. Accordingly, the Pakistani authorities handed over Prashant to the Indian authorities at the Wagah border. Following this, Prashanth was brought to Hyderabad on Wednesday evening after four years of continuous efforts by the family and arrived in his hometown of Visakhapatnam on Thursday. The family, overjoyed at his arrival, gave him a grand welcome. They also expressed their gratitude to all those who tried to release him.
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