<p> An 80-year-old man who is languishing in an Indian prison since 1971 should be released, pleaded the prisoner's son in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gul Rehman of Batkhela town said that his now 80-year-old father, Abdul Jalil, and his uncle, Ghulam Sarwar, had gone to Bangladesh to earn a living before the fall of East Pakistan. <br /><br />They disappeared in 1971 and were later reported to be in an Indian prison, said Dawn. <br />Rehman demanded that his father should be set free.<br /><br />He said his grandmother, Bibi Hawa, had been waiting for her son’s homecoming for over four decades.<br /><br />“Her last wish is to see her son home,” he was quoted as saying. <br />Locals said people jailed with Jalil had been released years ago.</p>
<p> An 80-year-old man who is languishing in an Indian prison since 1971 should be released, pleaded the prisoner's son in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gul Rehman of Batkhela town said that his now 80-year-old father, Abdul Jalil, and his uncle, Ghulam Sarwar, had gone to Bangladesh to earn a living before the fall of East Pakistan. <br /><br />They disappeared in 1971 and were later reported to be in an Indian prison, said Dawn. <br />Rehman demanded that his father should be set free.<br /><br />He said his grandmother, Bibi Hawa, had been waiting for her son’s homecoming for over four decades.<br /><br />“Her last wish is to see her son home,” he was quoted as saying. <br />Locals said people jailed with Jalil had been released years ago.</p>