00:00What started as a casual online game of Ludo soon blossomed into love between a Pakistani woman and an Indian man.
00:09But this love story soon took a dark turn into cross-border crime involving a forged identity.
00:16Here is how a simple WhatsApp call led to the dramatic arrest and deportation of Ikra Javani
00:22and the story behind her journey from Pakistan to Bengaluru.
00:30The story begins with Mulaim Singh Yadav, a young man from Priyagraj in India,
00:52who met Ikra Javani, a teenager from Hyderabad in Pakistan, through an online Ludo game.
00:57Their friendship quickly blossomed into romance, overcoming borders and political divides.
01:03In November 2022, determined to be together, the couple met in Nepal, where they got married in a Hindu ceremony.
01:11They then crossed into India by bus and reached Bihar and finally settled in Bengaluru, where Mulaim worked as a security guard.
01:20Ikra assumed a new identity as Rhea Yadav, even securing a forged Aadhaar card to blend in.
01:28Her Urdu accent went unnoticed too.
01:32For a while, the couple lived quietly in the city's Belandoor area.
01:36Ikra, however, missed her family in Pakistan.
01:39Despite the risks, she began making regular WhatsApp calls back home,
01:43introducing Mulaim as Sameer, a Muslim man she claimed to have married.
01:49What she didn't realize was that security agencies were on high alert in Bengaluru
01:53due to the upcoming G20 summit and Aero India 2023.
01:58Intelligence officials noticed the repeated international calls to Pakistan
02:02from a Bengaluru number a red flag during such a sensitive period.
02:06Using WhatsApp information, authorities tracked down the calls to Ikra and Mulaim's residents.
02:13Central intelligence agencies alerted Bengaluru police, who launched a discreet investigation.
02:18In January 2023, police raided their home and arrested both Ikra and Mulaim.
02:25Their landlord, Gopal, was also questioned.
02:28During the investigation, authorities thoroughly checked Ikra's phone and background,
02:32even considering the possibility of espionage.
02:36However, it became clear that this was a case of love and not a security threat.
02:41After confirming her identity and background,
02:44the Ministry of External Affairs, coordinated with Pakistani authorities,
02:48Ikra was held in a government shelter until her deportation in February 2023.
02:54She was unaware of her fate until the last moment,
02:57breaking down in tears when she realized that she was being sent back to Pakistan
03:03and separated from her husband.
03:05Mulayam and landlord Gopal were charged in the case.
03:08Mulayam was accused of creating false and forged documents.
03:12Both have since been released on bail and the case is in the trial stage.
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