Wife Sajida and Siraj. File Photo Sajida lives in Mumbai with two sons and a daughter. The family broke up as Siraj left. Now working at home and teaching children.
- Siraj lived here for 22 years, now in Pakistan, wife said – we are from nowhere
This is the story of Siraj Khan, who in 1996, when he was just 9 years old, mistakenly boarded the wrong train and reached Delhi instead of Karachi. Requested to return to Pakistan but the hearing did not happen. In 2005, Siraj married Sajida and settled in Mumbai. But in 2018, India re-farmed Siraj because of illegal immigrants. sent. Now Siraj's 18-year-old daughter Jara is getting married in Mumbai. Sajida is ripe to take her husband. have gone, but they are not allowed to come to India. Bhaskar learned the whole story from Siraj, who lives in Mansehra, Pakistan.
1996: Arrived in Delhi at the age of 9 9-year-old Siraj boarded the wrong train and reached Delhi instead of Karachi. He was studying in second standard then. He was kept in a children's home in Ahmedabad for 3 years. After leaving there, he reached Mumbai. There, Makhdoom Shah started staying at Baba's Dargah in Mahim area.
2005: Worked as a cleaner, got married Siraj worked as a cleaner in a hotel and lived in a chali. Met Sajida here. got married With this promise to never leave the family. won't go
2008: Documents become a citizen here He became an Indian citizen by making necessary documents including Aadhaar card. So legally crop to meet the family. can go
2009: Seeks permission to leave, then jail Sirajan tried to go there in 2009 as soon as he got to know about his family in Pakistan. Went to several legal agencies, but not allowed to go as Aadhaar is here. Then when he asked for the first and second class certificates from his family members in Pakistan and showed them, he filed a case of illegal border crossing and was sent to jail. After six months, he was released from prison and kept under house arrest for 8 months.
2018: 10 years of trial, Pak. Sent The case went on for 10 years in the Bombay High Court and he lost. Sent from Mumbai to Amritsar within 24 hours and deported from Wagah border. When I applied for a visa there, I found out that I could not go to India.
2024: Makes a living by driving a rickshaw Since 10 March 2018, Siraj has been living in Pakhtunkhwa province of Mansahera, Pakistan.
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