Amritsar: Indian national Gopal Dass, who has spent nearly 27 years in the Lahore Central Jail, will be a free man on Thursday.
He will be repatriated to his country through the Attari land border here by the Pakistani government.
"He would be set free by Pakistani officials at the Attari border on Thursday," Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu said.
The district administration had informed the family of of Dass about his repatriation.
On March 27, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had remitted the remaining jail term of Dass on humanitarian grounds following an appeal by the Indian Supreme Court.
The diplomatic gesture came ahead of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to India to watch the Indo-Pak World Cup semi final at Mohali.
Dass had crossed over to Pakistan inadvertently and was arrested on charges of spying.
The Indian was sentenced to life imprisonment and was set to be released by the end of this year.
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