Muhammad Singh Yadav from India and Iqra Jeewani from Pakistan were both arrested in Bangalore, India, for forging fake documents and citizenship cards to help Jeewani stay in the country after getting married.
Yadav worked as a security guard at an IT organization in Bangalore, whereas Jeewani was a student from Hyderabad, Pakistan. The two met in 2020 while playing the online game Ludo, where they fell in love, and were in a long-distance relationship.
The two of them knew that given the political tensions between India and Pakistan, they wouldn’t be able to be together. Moreover, Jeewani was being pressured by her parents to get married all the while.
The two decided to flee away to Nepal, where they got married in a Hindu ceremony. In order to help Jeewani stay in India with proper documents, Yadav got her a fake Indian citizenship card.
The police got suspected of Jeewani after they successfully traced her number. Jeewani had been making a lot of calls during the day to her mother in Pakistan. After thorough investigation, Jeewani was declared guilty and handed over to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office on 20 January.
The girl was deported back to Pakistan in February while Yadav is still in jail. According to Yadav’s family, the two had committed no crime but were in love. They don’t care if she’s Muslim or Pakistani. “She’s our daughter-in-law. We’ll take good care of her,” said Yadav’s mother.
Meanwhile, Jeewani’s family had confirmed that their daughter had reached home, but refused to speak further on the matter.