New Delhi, December 19: Indian National Hamid Ansari, who was released by Pakistan on December 18, met Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi today. Hamid repatriated to India after completing his three-year prison sentence in Pakistan jail. Both Hamid and his mother Fauzia Nehal Ahmed Ansari became emotional after meeting the foreign minister. Fauzia even praised Swaraj for her efforts to bring back Hamid. Hamid Ansari's Family En Route to Wagah to Reunite with Their Son After 6 Years.

A military court awarded the Indian national three-year imprisonment in December 2015 after being slapped with charges of espionage and involvement in anti-state activities on him. The former teacher at the Mumbai Management College went to Pakistan in 2012 to meet a woman whom he had befriended through social media. Hamid went missing after he was apprehended by the Pakistan intelligence agencies and local police from Kohat district in November 2012. Pakistan Agrees to Release Indian Prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari Due to Pressure From New Delhi: Official Sources.

The Pakistani security agencies claimed Ansari had used fake identity card in the name of "Hamza" and he had entered Pakistan through Afghanistan without travel documents. On January 13 the Peshawar High Court informed that Ansari was in the custody of Pakistani Army and was being tried by a military court. Meanwhile, Swaraj had in August 2016 asked Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad to seek Consular Access to Hamid.

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