Sonia Akhtar, who is living in Noida since the past eight days, claims that a man from Noida married her and after living with her for three years, returned to India
Noida: Against the backdrop of the controversy regarding Pakistani national, Seema Haider, now there is another case of a woman from Bangladesh who has come to India with her infant son in search of her Indian husband who, she claims, has deserted her, police said, an IANS report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
Sonia Akhtar, living in Noida since the past eight days, claims that a man from Noida, Saurav Kant Tiwari, had married her and after living with her for three years, returned to India.
Tiwari, the woman claims had married her in Bangladesh and together they have a son. According to Sonia her husband was at that time working in Bangldesh. That is how they met, fell in love and married as per Muslim rituals.
After she conceived, Tiwari who had converted to Islam, left for India promising to return after completing some important work.
When he failed to return, Sonia tried to establish contact with him through his mobile phones but found that all his contact numbbbersthe numbers were unreachable.
In sheer desperation, Sonia decided to come to India after securing a proper visa for herself. When she reached Noida, the police detained her and kept her in a detention centre in Sector 62.
Later, the women cell of Noida Police Commissionerate tried to mediate between Tiwari and Sonia but to no avail.
A determined Sonia says that either her husband should return to Bangladesh with her or she will stay with him in India, leaving the Noida police in a fix.
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