HYDERABAD: A 45-year-old woman from the city who was allegedly treated like a slave by her husband in Pakistan has been rescued and will return from Lahore on Wednesday. MBT leader,
Amjed Ullah Khan
, pursued the case with the external affairs minister and the High Commission as the woman's husband was not allowing her to return. She eventually got a visa and Ajmed Ullah Khan sent her a flight ticket.
TOI highlighted the problem of Mohammadia Begum on January 7, 2017 following which Union external affairs minister
Sushma Swaraj asked
Indian High Commission
in Pakistan to provide help.
About 21-years-ago, Mohammadia Begum, a resident of New Mohammednagar, Bandlaguda, was allegedly tricked into marriage with Mohammed Younis. The nikah was performed over a call with the man in Oman. After Mohammadia Begum went to Oman, she realised the man was a Pakistan national. He took her to Pakistan. While four children were born to them in
Muscat
, one more child was born after she was taken to Pakistan. Her Indian passport and visa expired.
In Pakistan, the husband started ill-treating her and married another woman in Oman. With Amjed Ullah Khan writing repeatedly to Sushma Swaraj to help Mohammadia Begum, she was provided a visa. The husband then refused to send her saying he will not bear the ticket expenditure.
Amjed Ullah Khan who provided the ticket said Mohammadia Begum will reach Delhi from Lahore on Wednesday afternoon and reach Hyderabad in the evening. He thanked Sushma Swaraj and the Indian High Commission for the help in rescuing her and facilitating her return.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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