The mother of techie Hamid Ansari, who was released by Pakistan after he was jailed there for six years, landed in Delhi on Monday. Speaking to mid-day from Delhi, Ansari's mother Fauzia said, "I have no words to say what the entire family has gone through in the past six years. I am thankful to the Indian media. Hamid has gone through a lot in the past six years, he was tortured by Pakistani agencies who thought he was an Indian spy. That is also why remission was denied by the Pakistani government in August this year. The only thing I want now for my son is that at least he should get a job. We are hopeful, he will be back home soon."

Hamid Nihal Ansari had been detained by Pakistan's intelligence agencies in 2012 and subsequently sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a military court in 2015 for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card. He had entered Pakistan from Afghanistan, reportedly to meet a girl he had befriended online.