‘My children and I’ll not increase burden on India,' Pakistan's Seema Haider falls sick

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Seema Haider, the Pakistani woman who entered India without a visa in May, and her supposed Indian 'husband' Sachin Meena, fell ill on Saturday morning following their recent questioning by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). On Friday, Haider submitted a mercy petition to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking permission for herself and her four children to remain at her "matrimonial home" in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Seema Haider, represented by Supreme Court advocate AP Singh, has also requested an oral hearing from the president regarding her case. The petition, which was received at the President's secretariat, outlines that Haider, aged 30 and a Pakistani citizen, is deeply in love with 22-year-old Sachin Meena, who resides in Greater Noida, India.

She explains that she arrived in India with her four children to live with him. Haider further claims to have embraced Hinduism and asserts that she and Meena got married following Hindu rites and rituals at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.

"...Hon'ble madam, the petitioner has found peace, love and happiness and a sense of purpose with Sachin Meena as a beloved husband, his father as father-in-law and his mother as mother-in-law that the petitioner never had before. Her excellency, (the) petitioner begs you to believe the petitioner and show compassion to a lady, not highly educated," Haider stated.

"If you show mercy, the petitioner will spend the rest of her life with her husband, four minor children and matrimonial relative will be grateful that you gave chance to make something of myself and to be a source of strength and support matrimonial petitioner can. The petitioner will finally be able to live a life with dignity in India...," she