The Spy Who Loved Again

The Indian spy who returned home after 27 years in a Pakistani prison is not wasting any time moving on.

Gopal Dass, the Indian spy who made headlines last month when he returned home after 27 years in prison in Pakistan, is not wasting any time moving on with his life. ‘Hero’, as people in his village called him for being a rather stylish dresser (bell bottoms and what not), is all set to get married. The ex-spook sounds very pleased with this new romantic twist to his life. He can barely hide his excitement when asked about it. “Yes, my wedding has been fixed. The girl is from Shimla. But I don’t know her name yet (laughs). My brothers are making all the arrangements,” says Gopal Dass. The wedding, he says, is likely to be in June. Amazingly, the 52-year-old looks extremely fit for his age and betrays no signs of his three-decade long term in prison. Gopal Dass, who is from Gurdaspur in Punjab, was nabbed while on a spying mission near Sialkot in Pakistan in 1984.

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