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Who is Seema Haider, the Pakistani woman who supposedly crossed the border for love?

Who is Seema Haider, the Pakistani woman who supposedly crossed the border for love?

Seema Haider

Seema Haider has become a matter of national interest in India, and probably also in neighbouring Pakistan. But why? Who is she? Is there really atrue love story here, or is something sinister happening behind the scenes?

What we know so far is that Seema Haider is a Pakistani national who recently entered India illegally via Nepal to marry her lover Sachin Meena, who is a resident of the north Indian city of Greater Noida. Reports claimthat they became friends while playing the online game PUBG.

As per looks, it appears that she is around 30 years old and her Indian partner is around 25.

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Local police had even arrested them in connection with her illegal stay in India.However, they were granted bail by a court in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida.

Sachin and Seema confessed their love for each other in front of the media and police earlier this month on July 4. They even pleaded with the government to let them marry and live together in India.

Seema's first husband

Ghulam Haider, is Seema's first husband. Reports say that he is currently in Saudi Arabia, and has even said he still loves her. Ghulam told a Pakistani YouTuber during an interview that he is worried about their children and wants Seema to come back to him.

A threatening phone call

The news agency PTI quoted an official as saying that the traffic control room of Mumbai Police received a call from an unidentified person, who apparently warned of a 26/11-like terror attack if the Pakistani woman Seema Haider did not return to her country. The official said that the call was received on July 12.

The police official also said that the caller spoke in chaste Urdu and said that there would be a terror attack, like the Mumbai attacksin November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai, killing at least 166 people.

The police official said that the threat call is being probed by Mumbai Police and a crime branch team has also been roped in for the investigation.

(With inputs from agencies)

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