Indian Woman Anju, Who Went To Pakistan To Meet Facebook Friend, Returns

An Indian woman Anju, now identified as Fatima after her visit to Pakistan to meet her Facebook friend Nasrullah, has reentered India through the Wagah Border. Following thorough interrogation by Punjab Police intelligence and IB officials in Amritsar, she was permitted to fly to New Delhi late on Wednesday.

Sources indicate that during the questioning, she adamantly denied any contact with Pakistan's defense agencies or personnel. Additionally, she disclosed her plans in India, expressing intentions to return to Pakistan and bring her children from India to Pakistan after divorcing her Indian husband, Arvind. Meanwhile, Anju's estranged husband, when asked about her return from Pakistan, claimed ignorance and stated his disinterest in discussing matters related to her.

#WATCH | Amritsar, Punjab: Anju, who had travelled to Pakistan in July returns to India

"I am happy...I have no other comments", says Anju pic.twitter.com/vKPUTsx4jx

— ANI (@ANI) November 29, 2023

Upon arrival in the national capital, Anju refrained from commenting on her stay in Pakistan or her return to India, stating to reporters at the Delhi airport, "I don't want to say anything right now."

Anju had initially traveled to Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border using a Pakistani visa to meet Nasarullah, a 29-year-old from the Upper Dir district of Khyber. Reports suggested that she had married Nasarullah, converted to Islam, and adopted the name Fatima.

Upon news of her marriage in Pakistan surfacing, her husband of 10 years, Arvind Kumar from Bhiwadi, filed a case against her under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including kidnapping, marrying another person without divorce, defamation, and criminal intimidation.

In October, reports indicated her intention to visit home to meet her two children, a 15-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son.

Nasarullah, her purported husband in Pakistan, mentioned that Anju, also known as Fatima, had sought approval from the government for a visit to Rajasthan. "We are waiting for the NOC (No-Objection Certificate) from the interior ministry in Islamabad for which we have already applied. The NOC process is a bit lengthy and it takes time to complete," Nasarullah stated to a news agency in Pakistan.