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Indian woman who was forced to marry Pak man at gunpoint, returns home

by India Blooms News Service 25 May 2017, 12:54 am

New Delhi, May 25 (IBNS) : Uzma, the Indian woman, who had accused a Pakistani man of forcing her to marry him at gunpoint, returned to India on Thursday being accompanied by the Indian High Commission officials, media reports said.

She was staying at the Indian mission in Pakistan after lodging the complaint. Her family in India had sought the Government help to bring her back home.

Welcoming her, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted : " "Welcome home India's daughter. I am sorry for all that you have gone through," 

Uzma, who hails from Delhi, travelled to Pakistan in early May where she was forced to marry Tahir Ali, the man she had come to know in Malayasia.

She alleged in a Pakistan court on May 12 that Tahir had married her at gunpoint and  taken away her travel papers to force her to stay there.

Uzma also alleged that she had been intimidated, severely beaten and physically and mentally tortured to sign the nikahnama.

The Islamabad court on Wednesday allowed her to return to India and ordered that she be given police protection up to the Wagah border.