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'Dead man' returns to Bangladesh after 23 years

 
Published on Aug 01, 2012
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - For 23 years, his family in Bangladesh thought he was dead. But then an anonymous caller informed a local official in May that he was alive and in jail in Pakistan.

On Tuesday, 52-year-old Moslemuddin Sarkar returned home.

Pakistani officials freed him from the jail in Karachi on Monday night and immediately deported him.

Ravaged by fatigue, Mr Sarkar walked out of the concourse in Dhaka's airport and was hugged tightly by his brother.

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