Indian techie returns after 6 yrs in Pakistan jail

A software engineer from Mumbai, who had spent around six years in a Pakistan jail, was reunited with his family after he returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Tuesday evening.

Hamid Ansari, 33, was earlier released from a jail in Peshawar on Tuesday for repatriation. He was arrested in 2012 for illegally entering Pakistan from Afghanistan, reportedly to meet a girl he had befriended online
Shortly before his arrival, Hamid Ansari's mother had told reporters that the prayers of the family and of all those who wished for his safe return had been answered. "I am immensely happy today. I don't have words to describe my feelings."