US citizen held illegally by husband freed

US citizen Sadia, who was recently freed from the illegal custody of her husband, was allowed to leave with her uncle.

HYDERABAD:

US citizen Sadia, who was recently freed from the illegal custody of her husband, has been allowed to leave with her uncle.



The permission was granted by the Sindh High Court's Hyderabad registry Branch after Sadia revealed that she had been kept in illegal confinement since November 2009.


Sadia's husband Shahrukh was also present in court. He sought permission to meet his wife but she refused to meet him. Sadia was recovered from her husband's flat on Thursday night. Police raided the flat on the directives of the court.


Sadia's uncle had filed a petition in court, demanding her recovery.

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