'Might never see India again': Passport stolen, Pakistani woman to be sent back on ‘emergency documents'
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BAREILLY: A Pakistani woman who had come to India to her maternal home in Bareilly and lost her passport will be sent back by the authorities here after issuing her an 'emergency certificate', also called one time travel document. SSP
Anurag Arya
confirmed that the process was on to send her back.
Shehnaz
, 45, (known by her first name) arrived in India from
Karachi
on March 24 by train through Attari on a tourist visa to visit her 70-year-old ailing mother. Her passport was stolen on the train and she lodged an FIR at GRP station in Bareilly.
Shehnaz told TOI that she feared she may never be able to visit India again. She was married to a Pak national in 2008. "It's been over 17 years since I left India. Soon after my marriage, 'Mumbai attack' happened and I was confined to Pakistan and faced repeated visa rejections. Now, with ongoing tensions between the 2 countries after the
Pahalgam terror attack
, I will never be able to return to my maternal home again.'
Her brother,
Salim Akhtar
, a resident of Bardari police station area, accompanied his sister Shehnaz from the Wagah border to Bareilly via the Punjab Mail on March 24. Upon reaching Bareilly, her purse, containing her visa, passport and other valuables, was stolen from the train. When Shehnaz realised her bag was missing in the AC coach, she reported it to the GRP at Bareilly Junction, initiating an investigation. She made several trips to the Delhi embassy for assistance.
Shehnaz's mother, Akhtari Begum, told TOI, 'I know I am seeing my daughter for the last time as she wouldn't be able to return now.'
According to the
local intelligence report
(LIU), a total of 34 Pakistani nationals are staying in Bareilly at present. 'We are taking necessary action as per directions of the govt,' said a source at LIU.
In Bulandshahr, four Pakistani women visited the LIU office on Thursday after learning about their visa cancellation. The group, on visitor visas spanning 30 to 40 days to meet family members, proceeded directly to the Attari border for their return journey.
At the LIU office, a Pakistani visitor, Khalida, began weeping. 'It's very difficult to come back now, I got the chance after 12 years. Who knows when I'll get another opportunity?" she said.
'Pakistani nationals are cooperating with the deportation process and are crossing the border through the prescribed online procedures,' said Bulandshahr SSP Dinesh Kumar Singh.
Following a terrorist attack in
Kashmir
's Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives, India imposed sanctions on Pakistan and announced a 48-hour ultimatum for Pakistani citizens in India to leave.
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