Woman returns from Pakistan
Judicial Hearing for Reeta: Dispute Over Custody
Reeta was recovered by Punjab Police and presented before a judicial magistrate on Monday. The investigating officer requested her placement in Darul Aman, a state-run shelter, citing her reluctance to return to her parents.
However, Reeta’s lawyers, Asad Jamal and Kheta Ram, contested this request. They informed the court that Reeta expressed a desire to return home with her brother, who was present during the proceedings, according to a court official.
A court in Pakistan on Tuesday allowed a 21-year-old Hindu woman to return to her parents after she told the magistrate that she wished to go home of her own free will, days after her family alleged that she had been abducted and pressured to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man, news agency PTI reported. He alleged that CCTV footage showed unidentified people taking Reeta from the family home along with valuables and mobile phones on August 24.
Shirimati Reeta, a resident of Rana Rajput Colony in Khipro tehsil of Sindh’s Sanghar district, went missing from her hometown last week, according to a complaint filed by her brother Ravi Shankar. The court subsequently allowed Reeta to leave with her brother and made him responsible for her safe custody and transportation back to the family home in Sanghar.