Birju Kulu (51) of Sundargarh district, who had returned home after spending 20 years in a jail in Pakistan, has gone missing.
Birju’s sister has lodged a complaint in this connection with the Kutra police alleging that he went missing from his house on the night of January 2. Police have initiated a search operation to trace him.Birju, a resident of Katang village under Kutra block, had been imprisoned in Pakistan on suspicion of being a spy from India.
He had left his home at an age of 25 years and mistakenly crossed the Pakistan border. The Pakistan army caught him suspecting him to be a spy agent. He was awarded a 20-year imprisonment after being convicted by a Pakistan court. He was freed from the jail in Lahore on October 26 last year and handed over to the Indian authorities at the Wagah border.