Kashmir Singh admits he was a spy

CHANDIGARH—Kashmir Singh, who was freed from Pakistani jail after 35 years, on Friday admitted that he was an Indian spy and did his best to serve the country, but deplored that successive governments in India did nothing for his family. “After my arrest in 1974, the successive governments did nothing for my family. I did the duty assigned to me as a spy...but the government after my arrest did not bother to spend a single penny for my family,” Kashmir Singh, who was accompanied by his wife Paramjeet Kaur, was quoted by an Indian news agency. Singh, now 67, thanked God for being kind to him and said the various governments at the centre did nothing for any of the prisoners languishing in various jails in Pakistan.
“The central government did not bother to take care of my family following my arrest. The government does only the paper work,” he said. Asked whether he was sent to Pakistan by the Military Intelligence and the route he took to go there, Singh said “even the Pakistani authorities failed to get this information from me.” He said: “I was paid Rs 400 as salary...as per duty, I went to serve the country.” Asked what he would like to say for some other people who are working in similar kind of professions, Singh said “I was a spy and did my duty...about others I will not comment...I am not President of the country to give reply to such queries.”—Agencies