Maha: 65-yr-old woman, released after 18 years in Pak jail, dies

By Quaid Najmi Aurangabad, Feb 9 : A 65-year-old woman who spent 18 years in a Pakistani prison and was sent back to India on Republic Day, died here barely a fortnight after returning to her motherland.
The overjoyed woman – Hasina Begum – was accorded a hero’s welcome by several of her old friends, distant relatives, and even Aurangabad Police officials on her return on January 26.
Early on Tuesday morning, the city was stunned to learn that she suddenly succumbed to a heart attack and breathed her last after enjoying barely 14 days of freedom.
Upon her return, she recounted her travails and how she underwent immense hardships in the Pakistani prison for so many years for no fault of hers.
“I have undergone tremendous hardships all these years. Now I feel as if I am in Heaven. I feel a sense of peace after returning to my country. I was wrongly jailed in Pakistan,” Hasina Begum said briefly of her 18-year-long imprisonment in the neighbouring country.
She expressed her gratitude to the Aurangabad Police for submitting a report to the Pakistan authorities which paved the way for her release and repatriation.