'Forced to part': UP woman sends back kids to Pak dad

An Uttar Pradesh woman married to a Pakistani man had to part with her two young children as they were sent back to their father from the Attari-Wagah border on Monday following a government diktat.

- Deepak Lavania

MEERUT:

Sana, who is originally from Meerut's Sardhana, had attempted to go back to her husband, Mohd Bilal in Karachi, on April 25 but was denied entry into Pakistan as she carries an Indian passport. She was visiting her parents in India on a 45-day visa that has expired.

On Monday, Sana reached the border to see her two children, three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter, go to their father. She returned to Meerut later. An emotional Sana told media persons: "Why is the government separating children from their mothers? What is our fault? What crime have we committed?"

Following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, the Indian government, on April 27, revoked all visas issued to Pakistani citizens and ordered them to leave the country.