Hamid Ansari, after returning from Pakistan jail after 6 years, asserts, 'Don't blame anybody, fault was mine'
Hamid Ansari, after returning from Pakistan jail after 6 years, asserts, 'Don't blame anybody, fault was mine'
After Pakistan released Indian born Hamid Nehal Ansari and the 33 year-old made a return to India, the social media has come into the rescue from a forced marriage of 2012.
The happily ever after ending which Hamid would have thought didn’t come easily, it has been a tough road to walk upon and he was tortured in Pakistan as well. The Mumbai based engineer crossed the Attari-Wagah border in a reunion which became a tearful alliance between him and his family.
After Pakistan’s new government led by Imran Khan came to power, the decision was taken and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had expressed gratitude towards her Pakistani counterpart.
Hamid, in an interview to NDTV said, “I am home now, in the midst of my people and in my very own country. I did not expect to get so much love upon my return, and I am thankful to the thousands who helped me on both sides of the border.”
Accepting his ordeal, Hamid said that it was the result of his mistake and no one else should be blamed for it. “The mistake was mine. Though my motives were good, I took the wrong step and I have paid the price for it.”
Thanking the efforts of Sushma Swaraj and the Government of India, as the former immediately interacted upon his return said, “When Sushmaji embraced me, she called me 'son'. I could see the love she had for us. My brother and I both told Sushmaji that she's no less than Mother India for the country's youth.”