Indian spy languishes in Pak jail

New Delhi: It seems to be something out of fiction novels but, the story of Kuldeep Kumar Yadav has nothing fictional or novel like about it.

Yadav, an Ahmedabad-based man was accused by Pakistan of being an Indian spy and has been languishing in a Lahore jail for nearly 13 years.

Yadav has finally broken his silence and has written a letter to his Rajkot-based advocate saying he cannot "take the torture anymore" and wants to get out.

He claims that the Indian Government has made no sincere effort to bail him out or to compensate his family members.

The alleged spy's 76-year-old mother Mayadevi's can't hold back tears when she talks about his son.

"Kuldeep left us in 1989 saying he is going for a job in New Delhi. He did not specify where has he got the job or for whom he is working," Mayadevi was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

The family lost contact with Yadav who is a law graduate from Gujarat University after he left them, Mayadevi was further quoted as saying.

"We came to know about Kuldeep being in Pakistani jail after he wrote a letter to us a few years ago. Since then, we have been running from pillar to post to secure his release but everything has gone in vain," she said.

The proof of Yadav being present in Kot Lakhpat jail is a letter received by the family from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

The letter written on February 1, 2007 by the High Commission, in response to a letter by the family, said "your son Shri Kuldeep Nanakchand Yadav is detained in Kot Lakhpat jail of Lahore."

"He has been allowed consular access and his national status has since been confirmed by this High Commission. We are in touch with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan to secure his early release," said the letter signed by second secretary (C&V) B Humpal.

Yadav's lawyer has filed an appeal in the meantime.

"I have demanded from the high court and NHRC to order government of India to pay all arrears of salary from the date of arrest till today and to pay monthly salary regularly to the family of this brave patriot as he is still alive," he was quoted by PTI as saying.

(With inputs from PTI)