Hamid Nehal Ansari News
Hamid was in the custody of the Pakistani Army and was being tried by a military court.
Hamid Nehal Ansari currently faces espionage charges after he reportedly entered Pakistan from Afghanistan without travel papers in 2012 to meet a woman he had met online.
According to the list Pakistan shared with India, at least 546 Indian nationals, including nearly 500 fishermen, are languishing in jails in that country.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Thursday met the family of Indian prisoner Hamid Nehal Ansari, who was attacked at least thrice by inmates in a Peshawar jail, and assured them of all possible help.
Hamid Nehal Ansari, who reportedly possessed a fake Pakistani identity card, was arrested by intelligence agencies in Kohat district in November 2012.
A 31-year-old Indian prisoner, convicted by a military court this year for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card, was attacked twice by inmates in a Peshawar jail during the last two months, his lawyer has said.
Hamid Ansari had allegedly gone to Pakistan to meet a girl he had befriended on the Internet.
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