Pakistani national Seema Haider, who hit headlines after reaching Grater Noida with her 4 children to marry a Grater Noida resident, were questioned by Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) at an undisclosed location in Noida on Monday. Haider's lover Sachin Meena and his father were also being grilled by the investigation officials.
After about 8 hours of questioning, Seema, Sachin and his father were allowed to go to their residence. According to sources, ATS officials first interrogated all three separately and then Seema and Sachin were interrogated sitting together. During the interogation, many questions were asked to Seema and Sachin related to her mobile and passport.
The development comes days after the trio got bail on a set of conditions by the court.
Court order
Their cross-border love story hit a dead-end after they were arrested and put in jail, but Sachin and Seema got relief from the court on July 8. They were granted bail by a court in Jewar. It also ordered that as long as the case continues, Seema will not change her residence and live with Sachin.
Seema was arrested on July 4 for illegally entering into India without a visa via Nepal with her children, all aged below seven years, while Sachin was put behind bars for sheltering the illegal immigrants.
After being released, Sachin, 22, and Seema, 30, reached his parents' house at Meena Thakuran colony in Greater Noida's Rabupura area at 10 am to live together along with her children.
"Sachin Meena and Seema Haider were released from jail around 8.30 am after all paperwork was completed. Seema's four children who were also staying with her also went with her," Arun Pratap Singh, the superintendent of the Luksar Jail said.
Threats mount against her from Pakistan
Mian Mithoo, a high-profile religious leader in rural Sindh, known for using his seminary to convert Hindu girls to Islam and even bandits, has openly threatened to punish Seema if she returns. His supporters have also threatened to attack Hindu worship places in Seema’s village but SSP Kashmore-Kandhkot, Irfan Samoo, assured Hindus and Sikhs they would be protected.
Samoo, however, is puzzled by the whole case and has found anomalies in Seema’s documents and tale. “Her national identity card says she was born in 2002.
So, she should be 21 years of age now and yet she has four children all up to the age of 6 years,” he said. Samoo also said the police have asked Ghulam Haider to return from Saudi Arabia but he has been in touch with them only on video or phone calls.
Dramatic love story
According to the couple, Seema and Sachin Meena got in touch while playing PUBG in 2019 and a dramatic love story unfolded between the two living more than 1,300 km apart, in countries not too friendly to each other. Seema and Sachin live in the Rabupura area of Greater Noida, near Delhi, where he runs a provision store, according to Uttar Pradesh Police.
(Report by Rahul Thakur)
