India’s Sachin Meena and Pakistan’s Seema Haider need to begin a brand new chapter as they stroll out of jail in New Delhi on a rain-soaked day after getting bail.
Seema was arrested on July 4 for illegally coming into India and not using a visa through Nepal together with her 4 kids, all aged beneath seven years, whereas Sachin was put behind bars for sheltering the unlawful immigrants.
“My husband is a Hindu, so I’m a Hindu. I really feel I’m an Indian now,” Seema advised NDTV.
The couple’s love story is as intriguing as a Bollywood film. They obtained in contact throughout the Covid pandemic whereas taking part in the web sport PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).
They fell in love on the app, which led to Seema, 30, and Sachin, 25, getting married in Nepal in March this yr. This was their first assembly.
“It was such a protracted and gruelling journey. I used to be very scared too. I first went from Karachi to Dubai, the place we waited for 11 hours and could not sleep. We then flew to Nepal, earlier than lastly taking the street to Pokhara, the place I met Sachin,” Seema says.
She then went again to Pakistan and Sachin returned to India. Again residence, Seema, who claimed discord together with her husband, offered a plot for Pakistani rupees 12 lakh and organized flight tickets and a Nepal visa for herself and her 4 kids.
In Might she reached Nepal through Dubai and spent a while within the vacationer metropolis of Pokhara within the Himalayan nation. Then she took a bus for Delhi from Kathmandu and reached Larger Noida on Might 13 together with her kids the place Sachin had made preparations for her to remain in a rented lodging with out disclosing her Pakistani identification, officers mentioned.
The cross-border love story hit a dead-end as they had been arrested on July 4 and put in jail. Whereas Seema was charged with illegally coming into India, Sachin was booked for sheltering the unlawful immigrant.
Yesterday, Seema was granted bail and can now give attention to the paperwork to make her transfer to India official.
Speaking about her launch, Seema says, “I shouted in pleasure once I heard the information. I had thought that I might be in jail for months.”
In a video message from Saudi Arabia, Seema’s husband Ghulam Haider urged the Indian authorities to assist him reunite along with his spouse. Nevertheless, Seema advised reporters that she didn’t want to return to Ghulam Haider and claimed a menace to her life if she returns to Pakistan.
