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'''Kashmir Singh''' (born 1941) is a former Indian spy. He spent 35 years in Pakistani prisons, before he was released with Presidential pardon by [[Pervez Musharraf]]. | '''Kashmir Singh''' (born 1941) is a former Indian spy. He spent 35 years in Pakistani prisons, before he was released with Presidential pardon by [[Pervez Musharraf]]. | ||
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At the time of his arrest, his family included his wife, Paramjit Kaur, and three children under the age of 10.<ref name="arrest_family"/> | At the time of his arrest, his family included his wife, Paramjit Kaur, and three children under the age of 10.<ref name="arrest_family"/> | ||
Subsequently in the same year, he was sentenced to death by a [[Pakistan Army]] court.<ref name="death1">{{cite web|date=4 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7277718.stm|title=A powerful Indian love story|first=Asit|last=Jolly|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> This verdict was upheld by a | Subsequently in the same year, he was sentenced to death by a [[Pakistan Army]] court.<ref name="death1">{{cite web|date=4 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7277718.stm|title=A powerful Indian love story|first=Asit|last=Jolly|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> This verdict was upheld by a civil court between 1976 and 1977 and a mercy petition followed this, but to no avail.<ref name="spying"/><ref name="death1"/> After being sentenced to an indefinite jail term, he said that he "was tortured third degree for the first few months by the authorities"<ref name="spying"/> as they pressured him to confess of being an Indian spy. Singh was lodged in seven different jails in Pakistan and was "kept in solitary confinement and remained chained for 17 long years."<ref name="chained">{{cite web|date=7 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/I-was-a-spy-and-did-my-duty-says-Kashmir-Singh/281570/|title=I was a spy and did my duty, says Kashmir Singh|work=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309181630/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/I-was-a-spy-and-did-my-duty-says-Kashmir-Singh/281570/|archive-date=9 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the total period of three and a half decades in captivity, he did not see the sky or have a single visitor.<ref name="sky_visitors">{{cite web|date=6 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23325479-663,00.html|title=Hero's welcome for forgotten prisoner|work=Herald Sun}}</ref> | ||
Singh's entire family but for Paramjit, his wife had lost hope for his return. In 1986, when the Pakistan government released a few Indian prisoners accused of spying from the [[Lahore]] jail, the family knew that he was alive but on a death sentence.<ref name="news_lahore">{{cite web|date=4 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=c037310c-98ec-437f-8c8f-1d6275bbd36f&MatchID1=4662&TeamID1=5&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1173&PrimaryID=4662&Headline=Kashmir+Singh+comes+home+after+35+yrs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305215443/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=c037310c-98ec-437f-8c8f-1d6275bbd36f&MatchID1=4662&TeamID1=5&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1173&PrimaryID=4662&Headline=Kashmir+Singh+comes+home+after+35+yrs|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2008|title=Kashmir Singh comes home after 35 yrs|work=Hindustan Times|first=Kuldeep|last=Mann}}</ref> | Singh's entire family but for Paramjit, his wife had lost hope for his return. In 1986, when the Pakistan government released a few Indian prisoners accused of spying from the [[Lahore]] jail, the family knew that he was alive but on a death sentence.<ref name="news_lahore">{{cite web|date=4 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=c037310c-98ec-437f-8c8f-1d6275bbd36f&MatchID1=4662&TeamID1=5&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1173&PrimaryID=4662&Headline=Kashmir+Singh+comes+home+after+35+yrs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305215443/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=c037310c-98ec-437f-8c8f-1d6275bbd36f&MatchID1=4662&TeamID1=5&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1173&PrimaryID=4662&Headline=Kashmir+Singh+comes+home+after+35+yrs|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2008|title=Kashmir Singh comes home after 35 yrs|work=Hindustan Times|first=Kuldeep|last=Mann}}</ref> | ||