In an interview with rediff.com over phone from his village Behni Mianwali Khan in Gurdaspur district, Gopal had claimed that he had gone to 'Pakistan as a R&AW agent on the night of July 26/27 in 1984'.
"I crossed into Pakistan via Ranbir Singh Pura, but was immediately caught by the Pakistani rangers," Gopal Das said.
After he was picked up, a case of espionage was registered against him. He was subjected to intense interrogation for next 35 months in Sialkot sector of Pakistan.
"You know what interrogation means and what all they can do to you," he said.
Once convicted, he was sent to Multan jail where he spent a major part of his life.
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