Lovelorn software engineer back home after serving jail in Pakistan

GS Paul
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 31

Prashanth Vaindam, a software engineer from Hyderabad, who served four years imprisonment for illegally crossing over to Pakistan, was handed over to the BSF by the Pakistan Rangers at Attari-Wagah joint check post on Monday.

Further, the two Hyderabad police officials who had come here, took his possession to escort him back to his home.

According to information, Prashanth, a computer engineer from Vishakhapatnam, worked for a software firm in Hyderabad when he went missing in April 2017.

After a gap of over 30 months, his family members came to know from TV channels that he was caught in Pakistan.

Immigration officials at Attari told that he was in an apparent one-sided love with a girl whom he met on Facebook.

But he was depressed when she moved to Switzerland.

They said that Prashant might have opted for shortest walkable route to Switzerland from India via Pakistan, Iran and Turkey to enter Europe.

But he was caught by the Pakistan authorities at Bahawalpur (in Pakistan), which is less than 100 km from Sri Ganganagar.

However, Prashanth told a different story. He said he attempted to meet his friend but was caught by Pakistan forces near the border.