Indian father and son reached Karachi via Afghanistan, accused of atrocities in India
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An Indian father and son who entered Pakistan illegally have claimed they fled their home in New Delhi to escape alleged religious persecution. Mohammad Hasnain, 70, and his 31-year-old son Ishaq Amir entered Pakistan illegally through the Pakistan-Afghan border in Chaman in the restive Balochistan province.
He is currently at the shelter home of Edhi Welfare Trust in Karachi. Both of them had reached Karachi about 14 days ago. Hasnain said, “If Pakistani authorities want to put us in jail, we are ready for it. We have come without legal documents, but we will try to seek asylum.”
Hasnain and Aamir are residents of New Delhi’s Gautampuri area, where they alleged that they faced prolonged torture and religious persecution and decided to flee to Pakistan.
“It took us 14 days to reach Karachi, where we went to the police station and surrendered,” Hasnain said. Both left for Dubai from New Delhi on September 5, where they got visas from the Embassy of Afghanistan.
“We got visas and left for Kabul, from where we went to Kandahar by road and from there we entered Pakistan through Chaman border,” he said.
The two managed to cross the border with the help of an Afghan agent and later paid Rs 60,000 to a taxi driver to take them to Karachi.
Karachi Deputy Inspector General of Police (South) Asad Raza said the two were not suspected of being spies, but were considered “victims of religious prejudice and harassment”. Pakistan’s Foreign Office has not yet commented on this issue.
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