After spending 25 years in a Pakistani prison Indian returns home, in Delhi

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Roop Lal Shaharia, the 57-year-old Indian who languished in a Pakistani jail for 26 years, finally arrived in Delhi by a Pakistan International Airlines flight. For the reporters, the three-hour wait finally culminated in a darshan of the man who wore a happy smile and a black-grey stubble. Roop Lal's daughter Sunita smiled happily, constantly waving to the reporters. And Sunita's baby daughter was ensconced on her grandpa's lap as he spoke to the media. The Delhi policemen kept the reporters and cameramen guessing the whereabouts of the man they were looking for. Even as reporters waited for Roop Lal at a marked exit, the police tried to smuggle him out through another outlet. However, an alert woman reporter managed to check the move. There was a melee as the media surrounded Roop Lal's