Listen | Hamid Ansari’s Real Life Veer-Zaara Love Story Gone Wrong

Hamid Nehal Ansari, an Indian citizen who spent six years in a Pakistani jail returned to India on 18 December.

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Remember Veer Zaara where desi lover boy Veer goes to Pakistan to rescue Zaara from a forced wedding? And things go south for Veer but they’re eventually united? If you're wondering why I’m talking about movies... today’s Big Story is on real life Veer Zaara. Well, Veer technically, because nobody heard from the Zaara in question.

But not every Indo-Pak love story is movie-like. At least not in the case of Mumbai resident Hamid Nehal Ansari who was charged with espionage in Pakistan where he had gone to rescue the woman he loved from an unwanted marriage.

And as you know, he was released from Pakistan on Tuesday, 18 December, and reunited with his family after six long years.

So, how did it go from an online love story to espionage? Tune in to The Big Story