NOIDA: After getting bail from a city court a day earlier, Pakistan’s Seema Haider and his cross-border partner Sachin Meena returned to their Rabupura home in Greater Noida on Saturday drenched by rain.
Outside the jail, the couple said they are happy and plan to complete all the paperwork and tie the knot soon.
Seema told TOI that she has converted to Hinduism and given up her surname to adopt Sachin’s surname Haider. She said, “Seema is a common name among Hindus and Muslims and hence Sachin said I don’t need to change my first name. I will call myself Seema or Seema Sachin. We changed our children’s names to Raj, Priyanka, Pari and Munni has been kept.”
Seema, a resident of Khairpur district of Sindh province in Pakistan, traveled to Nepal and then entered India on May 13 without valid papers. To finance this precarious journey, the woman had even sold a piece of land for the heart. 1.2 million.
On May 13, when she got off a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, she felt that the shackles of an abusive marriage were finally broken. Sachin, whom she and the children live in a rented house in Rabupura, about 200 meters away from their parents’ house. The couple is now living comfortably in that house.
Initially, she used to tell neighbors that she is from Delhi and is married to Sachin. He deliberately avoided Urdu and used more Hindi words.
However, soon people started whispering that a Pakistani national was living in the neighborhood and the police started a search. The couple fled to Ballabhgarh but were arrested on 4 July.
On Saturday, Sachin said he was happy to be home with Seema. He said, “My family members have accepted Seema along with her children. I request UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant Indian citizenship to Seema. We will organize the wedding in the traditional Hindu way.” are planning.” The couple said they had married in Kathmandu on March 13 this year but did not have any documents or witnesses.
Meanwhile, Seema’s husband Ghulam Haider, who works in Saudi Arabia, said in a video message: “Islam or Hinduism does not allow a woman to marry a man if she is not divorced. I request you to send Seema back.” Unite with Pakistan and me.”
However, Seema claimed that her husband divorced her over phone and they were not in touch for a long time.
Sachin’s parents told TOI that they were soon planning a Ganga bath and a formal wedding ceremony for the couple as per Hindu tradition. The couple has received a lot of support from neighbors so far. Sanjay Kumar, a neighbor said, “If they love each other, they should be allowed to live together.”
Outside the jail, the couple said they are happy and plan to complete all the paperwork and tie the knot soon.
Seema told TOI that she has converted to Hinduism and given up her surname to adopt Sachin’s surname Haider. She said, “Seema is a common name among Hindus and Muslims and hence Sachin said I don’t need to change my first name. I will call myself Seema or Seema Sachin. We changed our children’s names to Raj, Priyanka, Pari and Munni has been kept.”
Seema, a resident of Khairpur district of Sindh province in Pakistan, traveled to Nepal and then entered India on May 13 without valid papers. To finance this precarious journey, the woman had even sold a piece of land for the heart. 1.2 million.
On May 13, when she got off a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, she felt that the shackles of an abusive marriage were finally broken. Sachin, whom she and the children live in a rented house in Rabupura, about 200 meters away from their parents’ house. The couple is now living comfortably in that house.
Initially, she used to tell neighbors that she is from Delhi and is married to Sachin. He deliberately avoided Urdu and used more Hindi words.
However, soon people started whispering that a Pakistani national was living in the neighborhood and the police started a search. The couple fled to Ballabhgarh but were arrested on 4 July.
On Saturday, Sachin said he was happy to be home with Seema. He said, “My family members have accepted Seema along with her children. I request UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant Indian citizenship to Seema. We will organize the wedding in the traditional Hindu way.” are planning.” The couple said they had married in Kathmandu on March 13 this year but did not have any documents or witnesses.
Meanwhile, Seema’s husband Ghulam Haider, who works in Saudi Arabia, said in a video message: “Islam or Hinduism does not allow a woman to marry a man if she is not divorced. I request you to send Seema back.” Unite with Pakistan and me.”
However, Seema claimed that her husband divorced her over phone and they were not in touch for a long time.
Sachin’s parents told TOI that they were soon planning a Ganga bath and a formal wedding ceremony for the couple as per Hindu tradition. The couple has received a lot of support from neighbors so far. Sanjay Kumar, a neighbor said, “If they love each other, they should be allowed to live together.”