Priya Aditi
India’s Sachin Meena and Pakistan’s Seema Haider are eager to begin a new chapter as they leave prison on a drizzly Saturday in Noida after posting bail.
Seema was detained on July 4 for illegally entering India via Nepal with her four children, all of whom were under the age of seven, while Sachin was imprisoned for harboring the illegal immigrants.
“Since my spouse is a Hindu, so am I. I now feel like an Indian, Seema told media.
The couple’s romance is as captivating as a Bollywood film. During the Covid contagion, they connected through the online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).
This resulted in Seema, 30, and Sachin, 25, marrying in Nepal in March of this year. This was their initial encounter.
“It was such a lengthy and arduous trip. I was terrified as well. I first traveled from Karachi to Dubai, where we waited for eleven hours without being able to sleep. Then we flew to Nepal before driving to Pokhara, where I met Sachin,” Seema explains.
She subsequently returned to Pakistan, while Sachin returned to India. Seema, who claimed marital discord, sold a plot for 12 lakh Pakistani rupees and arranged flight reservations and a Nepal visa for herself and her four children before returning home.
In May, she arrived in Nepal via Dubai and spent time in the Himalayan nation’s Pokhara tourist city. She then took a bus from Kathmandu to Delhi and arrived in Greater Noida on May 13 with her children, where Sachin had arranged for her to reside in rented housing without disclosing her Pakistani identity, according to officials.
Their cross-border romance ended when they were arrested on July 4 and placed in prison. While Seema was charged with entering India illegally, Sachin was charged with harboring the illegal immigrant.
Seema was granted bail yesterday and will now concentrate on completing the necessary paperwork to make her transfer to India official.
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Seema says of her release, “I yelled with joy when I heard the news.” I had anticipated being imprisoned for months.”
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Ghulam Haider, Seema’s spouse, sent a video message to the Indian government from Saudi Arabia requesting assistance in reuniting with his wife. Seema informed reporters, however, that she did not wish to return to Ghulam Haider and that her life would be in danger if she returned to Pakistan.
