87 freed Indians to return today from Pakistan

March 08, 2016 01:37

The 87 Indians, mostly fishermen who were freed by Pakistan yesterday, will return home today after the issuance of travel documents by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

Earlier, a Pakistan Rangers official told reporters that it has handed over the 87 Indian nationals who were released from a Karachi jail after over two years of detention.

However, Indian officials in New Delhi said the intimation about their release was given at a very short notice and though it was a case of "verified nationality" they need to be given documents to cross over to India.

The Indian nationals were freed from the Landhi Jail in Karachi on Sunday. They arrived in Lahore by a train on Monday morning.

"After releasing 87 Indians, we now have a total of 457 more (Indians) in the prison, and most of them are fishermen arrested for territorial violation," Jail's deputy superintendent Shakir Shah said.

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