Pakistani woman ran village panchayat in UP
India
Published: Thursday, December 31, 2020, 16:03 [IST]
Agra, Dec 31: A woman came from Pakistan to India 35 years back and has been running the affairs of a village panchayat in UP s Etah district. This has shocked the local police and a probe has been ordered.
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Bano Begum, a resident of Karachi came to India 35 years back and later got married to a local, Akthar Ali. Since then, she has been staying in Etah on a long-term visa. In the 2015 local body elections, she managed to get elected as a member of the Guadau gram panchayat. Five years later, the pradhan, Shehnaz Begum passed away and a few days later Bano took over as the interim chief on the recommendation of the village committee.