After 23 years stranded in Lebanon due to a lost passport, Gurtej Singh from Punjab has finally returned home. Thanks to intervention from MP Balbir Singh Seechewal, Singh's emotional homecoming reunites him with his family after decades apart.

He finally returned to India on September 6 after AAP Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal raised the issue with the Ministry of External Affairs.

A native of Mattewara village in Ludhiana district, Singh moved to Lebanon in 2001 with five to six people from his village. While the others returned home following the outbreak of a war in the country in 2006, Singh became stranded after losing his passport.

Gurtej Singh left his village in Punjab’s Ludhiana district in 2001, hoping to build a better life for his family. But his plans to return home were foiled when he lost his passport.

A man from Punjab returned from Lebanon after 23 years because he had lost his passport there in 2006 and all attempts to return home failed. He was r

Gurtej Singh went to Lebanon illegally and lost passport in 2006. The Union external affairs ministry issued him fresh passport last month.