ISLAMABAD: Indian national Uzma, who had alleged that a Pakistani man forced her into marriage, has safely returned to India after a 25-day controversial stay in Pakistan.
A contingent of police escorted Uzma to Wagah Border from whereon she travelled to India.
A video of Uzma reaching India in a black car, which was surrounded with journalists, also surfaced on Indian news channel, Times Now.
On Wednesday, Islamabad High Court had allowed Uzma to return back home and even handed over her original immigration form, which her husband Tahir Ali had submitted to the court on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Islamabad High Court had allowed Uzma to return back home and even handed over her original immigration form, which her husband Tahir Ali had submitted to the court on Tuesday.
On May 19, Uzma had submitted a six-page reply to the high court and reiterated her earlier claims and said that she was forced to sign the Nikkahnama [nikkah papers] with Tahir.
The reply also claimed that Tahir’s affidavit was based on lies, and requested that Uzma be allowed to travel to India as her visa will expire on May 30.
The case of Indian woman Uzma’s marriage to Pakistani man Tahir became more confusing as it was unraveled in front of the media.
It came to the forefront after her husband claimed that Indian High Commission has stopped her wife from leaving the premises during their visit to apply for visa on May 7.
Uzma, who belongs to New Delhi, and Tahir ‘fell in love’ in Malaysia, after which she travelled to Pakistan on May 1 via the Wagah Border, and got married to him on May 3, according to Tahir.
Later, Indian High Commission claimed that Uzma has been staying there out of her own will.
Following this, Uzma remarked that she was forced to marry Pakistan citizen Tahir Ali at gunpoint. She further remarked that she was unaware that Tahir was married and was the father of four children while speaking to the media.
However, these claims were challenged by her husband, who even provided details of a private conversation in which Uzma seemed to know about his first marriage.
Moreover, their Nikkah video also surfaced in which there were no signs of violence or intimidation.
Later, Uzma’s brother, Waseem Ahmed, in a statement had claimed that Uzma had only travelled to Pakistan just to see Tahir. However, she informed him that she was coerced into marriage, adding that she was berated, beaten and threatened by Tahir.