A Pakistani woman, Seema Ghulam Haider, who has been arrested for illegally entering India in May and staying in Greater Noida without valid documents was on Tuesday sent to 14-days’ judicial custody by a local court, which also ordered her four children to stay with the mother in the jail, police said. The woman's Indian partner Sachin Meena, who lives in Greater Noida and sheltered her, and his father Netrapal Meena, who knew of the whole episode, have also been remanded in custody. Central agencies, including the Bureau of Immigration, and the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad have been informed.
A senior officer said the woman arrived in India on May 13 with her four children without valid documents to stay with a Greater Noida man, whom she had befriended through online game PUBG in 2019. Over the course of the time, the duo played online games together and chatted over text and phone calls on Whatsapp and Instagram.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Saad Miya Khan told reporters, “The Pakistani woman's four children — aged seven and below — will be produced in court here and further action would be taken on its direction." An FIR in the case has been lodged at the local Rabupura police station under provisions of the Foreigners Act, the Passport (Entry into India) Act and Indian Penal Code sections 120B (party to criminal conspiracy) and 34 (act done by several people with common intention), he said.
Seema left Pakistan in May for Nepal where she arrived on a tourist visa with her children. She stayed there in Pokhara city and took a bus to Delhi via Kathmandu after which she reached Greater Noida.
