Amritsar: Sarabjit Kaur, the 52-year-old woman from Punjab, who disappeared in Pakistan during a Sikh pilgrimage to that country on November 4, 2025, is being deported to India through the Attari-Wagah border.
A resident of the Amanipur village in the Kapurthala district under the Talwandi Chaudharian police station, Sarabjit was part of a 1,932-member Sikh jatha that travelled to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary.
The group returned on November 13, but Sarabjit stayed behind. It later came to be known that she converted to Islam, adopted the name Noor Hussain, and married Nasir Hussain from Sheikhupura on November 5, as reported by The Indian Express.
A viral nikahnama, the formal written marriage contract in Islamic tradition, and a video showed her claiming a nine-year acquaintance with Nasir, surfaced later.
Sarabjit claimed that she met Nasir while working in Dubai. She also said she is divorced and has two sons from her previous marriage.
A joint team of Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau and local police arrested Sarabjit and Nasir on January 4 from the Pehre Wali village near Nankana Sahib. The arrests were confirmed by Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) president and Punjab minister Ramesh Singh Arora. He noted Pakistan’s preparations to deport her due to her expired single-entry visa.
Residents of her village described Sarabjit as a recluse, living in a lavish haveli with limited social ties. It has been alleged that there are over 10 cases against her family in Sultanpur Lodhi, the newspaper has reported.
She managed to obtain a visa after police verification despite this. An investigation will be launched into how the approval was granted, as no one with a criminal record is eligible for such pilgrimages.
It has been alleged that Sarabjit omitted key details, such as her nationality and passport number, on her Pakistan immigration form, complicating tracking after she went into hiding with Nasir.
She was initially presumed missing after her details were absent from both Pakistan exit and India entry records.
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