Mumbai, Oct 25: Bhavesh Parmar, a mentally disturbed resident of Vile Parle who wandered into Pakistan years ago, is likely to be released and repatriated on Thursday (Oct 25).
He has spent close to five years in a Pakistani jail.
Congress MLA Krishna Hegde, who has been petitioning various authorities to get Parmar back, said the Indian high commission had communicated the news to him.
“We have been officially intimated by Pakistan Foreign Office that he would be released at Wagah-Attari border on October 25, 2012,” Acquino Vimal, first secretary in the high commission, said in a mail to Hegde.
The MLA and Hansaben, mother of Parmar, are planning to go to Wagah border checkpost to receive him. .
The computer professional was staying in Vile Parle with his family.
The death of his father after a prolonged battle with cancer left Parmar mentally disturbed and he subsequently left his house in 2004.
Noboby knew his whereabouts till 2008 when the special branch of Mumbai Police told Kamalaben that Parmar was in Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore.
She subsequently took up the issue with the Ministry of External Affairs, but did not get any response.
The family received a letter from Parmar in February 2010 through a fellow prisoner released by the Pakistan government.
The issue was subsequently taken up by Hegde, who got in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs, and activist Jagdeep Desai, who liaised with Pakistani officials.Lawyer Awais Shaikh fought his case in Pakistan.
