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.
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LUCKNOW: A Pakistani woman, who had come to India 35 years back to take part in a family wedding in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh, has landed in trouble after she took up the post of ‘officiating village head’ and her credentials were disclosed by local villagers.
Bano Beghum came to India from Karachi, Pakistan, to be a part of the wedding of one of her relatives in the Etah district never to go back. She tied the knot with one Akhtar Ali here and had been living here since then by getting her long-term visa extended time and again.