New Delhi: Hamid Nehal Ansari, the man from Mumbai who was freed by Pakistan on Tuesday after keeping him in jail for six years on alleged espionage charges, called on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Wednesday and thanked her for her role in securing his release.
A video shared by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar in Twitter showed Ansari being accompanied by his mother Fauzia during the meeting. While Ansari thanked Sushma Swaraj, she in turn told him that he had faced a difficult time.
Sushma Swaraj then turned to a sobbing Fauzia who hugged her and said: “Mera Bharat mahaan, meri madam mahaan, sab madam ne hi kiya hai (My India is great, madam is great, madam did everything).”
Ansari returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab on Tuesday. (IANS)
