<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Bhavesh Parmar, a resident of Vile Parle suburb in northwest Mumbai, went missing in 2005 after he lost his father to cancer and was himself sacked from job.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   When his mother found that he was in a jail in Lahore in Pakistan, she sought help from legislator Krishna Hegde.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Bhavesh&#39;s mother Hansaben had, in February, received a letter from her son. It was delivered by another Indian prisoner from Pakistan, Ram Rajji, who had returned after being released,&quot; Hegde told IANS.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Hansaben sought help. I wrote to the external affairs ministry and followed it up with the Indian High Commission in Pakistan,&quot; he added.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Hegde said that he finally received a response from the high commission stating that Bhavesh will be released Oct 25 and cross over into India at the Attari border checkpost in Punjab.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Bhavesh had lost his job after he suffered a bout of depression following the death of his father and he left home at the age of 25 and reached Amritsar.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He then boarded the Samjhauta Express, without any visa or documents. However, it is still not clear as to how he managed to board the high-security train to Pakistan.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   On reaching Pakistan, he was detained because he had neither a visa nor any documents to prove his identity or nationality.</div>  

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