Karachi-based ‘Munni’ finds her family in India after 40 years

Woman was allegedly trafficked into Pakistan after her uncle sold her in Delhi

A woman, who was allegedly first sold in New Delhi and then smuggled by human traffickers to Pakistan from India, finally met her family on social media after 40 years.

Earlier this month, a video of the woman named Munni based in Karachi went viral on social media in which she claimed that she originally belonged to Moradabad city of India and she also revealed the name of her neighbourhood.

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“I was shocked. I could not recognise my sister initially but in the descriptions, she gave of the village and of her family, there was no doubt that she is my eldest sister,” her brother Akram told The Pioneer.

Akram said he had almost forgotten that he had an elder sister recalling that around 40 years back, when he was a toddler, his sister Munni went missing.

His father tried to locate her for almost two years. Once they failed, they took her for dead.

The script has a close resemblance with the blockbuster movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan, in which Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi (Salman Khan) travels to Pakistan to reunite a six-year-old girl, Munni, with her family.

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“My uncle took me to Delhi and sold me to a person. I went with him, because I knew him and he said he would take me to Delhi and bring me back within a few days,” Munni told the Indian media from Karachi via WhatsApp call.

Later, the woman said she married Sajjad Haider in Pakistan who she said rescued her.

After the marriage, Munni said she changed her name to Bushra.

“I am happy now. I have four children. But I always wanted to meet my family — my father, brothers and sisters. I do not know, but I remember about our locality and the people staying around our house,” Munni added.

“Almost every day we talk on the telephone. The conversation continues for hours and ends up with tears in our eyes,” Akram said.

“I appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to issue a visa for my sister so she can come to India to visit us,” he added.