Cross-border love ends? Married Indian woman who went to Pakistan to marry Facebook friend returns to country
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New Delhi, Nov 30: Anju, an Indian mother of two children who travelled to Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend, returned to India through the Wagah-Attari border on Wednesday.
Anju alias Fatima, 34, had travelled to a remote village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend Nasrullah, leaving her children in India. Her 29-year-old Pakistani husband accompanied her up to the Wagah border.
On reaching India, she was not allowed to interact with the media and straightway went to the airport to catch a flight to Delhi.
At the Shri Guru Ramdas International Airport here, Anju was spotted wearing a burqa. She told the media there, "I am here in India to meet my Indian family. I came back to India of my own volition."
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Who is Anju?
Anju had travelled to Pakistan via the Wagah-Attari border in July with a visa, converted to Islam, changed her name to Fatima after getting married to Nasrullah, whom she had befriended on Facebook four years ago. Her Indian husband Arvind had said that she left home on the pretext of going to Jaipur but later the family came to know that she was in Pakistan.
35-year-old Anju and 29-year-old Nasrullah from Upper Dir, became friends on social media and soon their friendship turned into a love affair. She decided to cross over to Pakistan and travel all the way to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in search of love.
Anju said that she met Nasrullah on Facebook four years ago and the two became friends, as per reports. She added that she loved Nasrullah and "could not live without" him. Anju, who is a working woman in India, said that she was visiting Pakistan for sightseeing and that marriage was not on her mind, claimed Nasrullah's family members.