New Delhi, 19th July 2023: According to reliable sources, the Uttar Pradesh Police Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) is set to interrogate Seema Haider, a Pakistani citizen who illegally entered India in May, and her Indian partner Sachin Meena for the second time. Both Haider and Meena have been taken to the ATS facility for questioning. The ATS is particularly interested in understanding Haider’s travels to Dubai, Nepal, and India, and how she managed these journeys and property transactions without apparent support, considering her lack of education.
The agency aims to determine if her uncle or the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) played any role in her presence in India. Additionally, they want to ascertain if she has any connections to any agencies or terrorist groups, potentially as a fidayeen source.
Furthermore, the ATS is looking to investigate whether Haider had any intended target in mind, such as the new airport or Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Seema Haider, accompanied by her four children, entered India from Nepal on a bus and settled in the Rabupura area of Greater Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh to live with Sachin Meena. The couple initially connected through the online game PUBG in 2019. Haider was arrested on July 4 for illegal entry into India, while Meena was apprehended for sheltering illegal immigrants. However, both were granted bail by a local court on July 7, and they have been residing together with Haider’s four children in a house in the Rabupura area.
In media interactions, Haider expressed her desire to stay in India with Meena and claimed to have converted to Hinduism. Her family and neighbors in Pakistan, as reported by PTI, have expressed their reluctance for her to return.
Following Haider’s move to India, a group of dacoits attacked a Hindu temple and nearby homes owned by Hindus using rocket launchers in the Kashmore area of Southern Sindh province. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Subsequently, dacoits in the Kashmore and Ghotki riverine regions issued threats of violence against Hindu places of worship and community members. In response to these threats, the attack took place.
Furthermore, the UP ATS arrested a suspected ISI agent in Lucknow on charges of supplying crucial information about defense establishments to handlers in the neighboring country.
Haider’s questioning coincides with a threat from a lesser-known right-wing fringe group in Greater Noida, which has warned of a protest if Haider is not expelled from the country within 72 hours. In a video shared on social media, a man claiming to be the national president of the group alleged that “Seema is a spy” and part of a conspiracy against the country.
On July 12, the traffic control room of the Mumbai Police received an anonymous call warning of a terrorist attack similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11) if Haider did not return to her country.
