Gopal Dass

• Indian released from Pakistan jail scouts for bride

  Gopal Dass, who returned to India last month after languishing in Pakistani jails for nearly 27 years, is on a mission to reclaim his lost years. The 52-year-old is now looking for a suitable bride and hopes to settle down soon."Gopal has undergone intense torture and trauma in Pakistan jails and obviously he is facing a hard time trying to come ou...

• Alive, 40 years after he went missing

  Border Security Force (BSF) constable Surjit Singh went missing in the 1971 India-Pakistan war and three years later, the Indian government declared him a martyr.Now, four decades later, the news that he is alive and has spent the last 40 years in a Pakistani jail has stunned Surjit Singh's family.They say they had heard rumours that Surjit was ali...

• Indian jailed in Pakistan for 27 years to sue Govt for compensation

  Gopal Dass, who returned home last week after spending 27 years in a Pakistani jail, today said he will file a case seeking compensation for the loss of precious years of his life."I will file a case for compensation against the Central government," he told PTI over phone from his native Bhaini Mian Khan village in Gurdaspur district."I will speak ...

• Pakistan releases Indian in jail for 27 years

  Touching the soil of the country after 27 years, Indian national Gopal Dass today came home to an emotional welcome by his elder brother and sister who had last seen him as a young man.  52-year-old Dass was set free after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari remitted his sentence on humanitarian grounds following an appeal by the Indian Suprem...

• Pakistan set to release Indian prisoner Gopal Dass

  Indian national Gopal Dass, who has spent nearly 27 years in the Lahore Central Jail, will be a free man later today.Dass had crossed over to Pakistan inadvertently and was arrested on charges of spying.       The Indian was sentenced to life imprisonment and was set to be released by the end of this year.  &...

• Indian judges use Urdu poem to reason with Pak

  Two judges of the Indian Supreme Court invoked the words of a Pakistani poet today, while asking Pakistan to release an Indian who has spent 27 years in prison.Gopal Dass was arrested by Pak Border Security Forces in 1984 when he crossed into Pak border. Quoting a couplet by Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mi...