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Missing Punjab Sikh Pilgrim Reported Married in Pakistan as India, Pakistan Launch Probes

Officials are verifying reports of her conversion to Islam followed by marriage in Sheikhupura.

Overview

  • Sarbjit (Sarbjeet) Kaur of Kapurthala traveled with a 1,900-plus Sikh jatha on November 4 and was missing when the group returned on November 13.
  • Her name does not appear in Pakistan’s exit logs or India’s re-entry records for the returning pilgrims, according to officials.
  • A purported nikahnama and a passport copy circulating online claim she took the name Noor and married Nasir Hussain in Sheikhupura on November 5, with the Indian mission seeking verification from local authorities.
  • Pakistan’s Express Tribune reports she told a Sheikhupura magistrate she converted and married of her own will, a claim Indian police have not independently confirmed.
  • Punjab Police and central agencies have opened inquiries, noting anomalies in her immigration paperwork and prior cheating cases, as the SGPC termed such conduct during pilgrimage condemnable.