 "Real story of John Abraham, Sadia Khateeb's 'The Diplomat'; now on Netflix: Who is Uzma Ahmad and how diplomat JP Singh helped her out?")
Who was Uzma Ahmad and how did she get trapped in Pakistan? How Indian diplomat to Islamabad , JP Singh and his colleagues along with the then External Affairs Minister late Sushma Swaraj helped her come out of Pakistan.
We learn from the film, The Diplomat that she called Uzma, the daughter of India. Both JP Singh and Sushma Swaraj took the measured risk, by thorough background checking of Uzma as to whether she was actually Indian or not. Proper diplomatic operation was conducted to free Uzma from the clutches of a beastly Pakistani man who forcefully married her and then tortured her day in and day out.
How did Uzma Ahmad land up in Pakistan?
Uzma, was forced to marry a Pakistani on gunpoint. She was drugged and taken to held captive by her husband in Pakistan’s Buner in 2017. She was inhumanly tortured, beaten up and raped day in and day out by her husband.
As per the movie The Diplomat, they met in Malaysia and he seemed to be a good man. But later he invited her to Pakistan and wanted to take care of Uzma’s only daughter who was suffering from thalassemia disease. But all these were a very calculated trap by her husband, Tahir Ali. After reaching Pakistan, Uzma realised that Tahir was already married had children. Many women like her were kept as captive and several anti-social elements living together in Buner, a place where ordinary Pakistani masses are scared of going to. These anti-social Pakistani were also involved in women trafficking.
How did Uzma escape from the clutches of her husband?
Uzma called her cousin in Malaysia from a mobile of another woman who was also kept as captive in Buner. Uzma’s friend advised her that by hook or by crook she has to reach the Indian High Commission of Islamabad to escape from Pakistan. Uzma tricked her husband, Tahir Ali that as a gift Indian bride grooms are given certain amount of money by the bride’s family. She knew that Tahir was a greedy man and will agree to this. Uzma told Tahir that his brother who works in the Indian High Commission will hand over the money to her.
Tahir took her to the Indian High Commission office and there Uzma went in and narrated her story and how she was trapped by her husband to the then Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh. Deputy along with his collogues did a proper background checkup. It was a very brave move taken by him and he gave her shelter in the Indian High Commission office.
_The Diplomat_ movie shows how cooperative everybody was including the then External Affair Minister, Sushma Swaraj.
What Uzma had to say on returning to India?
As per a report published in Financial Express, Uzma said, “I went to Pakistan as a tourist. The situation changed there so fast that I couldn’t notice when Tahir gave me sleeping pill and when I slept. From my point of view, it was kidnapping because I wasn’t aware that situation will change so drastically after crossing the Wagah Border. After reaching, I saw there was a weird village, with weird language and weird people. Nothing was right there. If you search on Google, you will find that Buner was under Talibani occupation from 2008-10. Military operations also happen there often. Tahir tortured me in every possible way and even threatened me that he would get my daughter kidnapped and killed in Delhi.”
She further added, “There were guns in the house. They used to keep pistols with them. It is easy to go to Pakistan. But coming back from there is impossible. Pakistan is well of death. You can’t come back from there. Normally, Muslim girls here (India) think Pakistan is very good because of Muslim culture. I was trapped, but even those who go to Pakistan after arranged marriage, are in trouble. They want to come back. But they can’t. Pakistan is completely like this. In every house, you will find 2-3-4 wives.”
Where is Uzma Ahmad now?
According to a story published in The Week in 2019, Uzma runs a beauty salon in Brahmpuri, north east Delhi called Falak.
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(With added inputs from agencies)
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