Seema Haider — who entered India illegally from Pakistan via Nepal with her four children two years ago — and her second husband Sachin Meena on Tuesday became parents to a baby girl.
The couple made headlines after Haider left her husband in Pakistan in 2023 to join Meena, whom she met in 2019 through an online gaming platform.
Haider gave birth to the girl at a private hospital in Greater Noida at 4 a.m., and both the mother and the child are safe, the couple's lawyer A P Singh said.
"Haider and Meena have become proud parents to a baby girl. She gave birth to the girl at 4:00 a.m. on 18 March, Tuesday. Both mother and child are safe. I invite people to suggest a name for the girl through social media," Singh said.
Haider, 32, who hails from Jacobabad in Pakistan’s Sindh province, took her children and left home in Karachi in May 2023 to travel to India via Nepal. Her husband Ghulam Haider had earlier hired an Indian lawyer to seek custody of their children.
Indian authorities found her living with Meena, 27, whom she now claims to have married, in the Greater Noida area in Uttar Pradesh.
Haider and Meena were arrested in July 2023 before being released on bail. While Haider was charged with illegally entering India, Meena was booked for sheltering the illegal immigrant.
Haider claims to have converted to Hinduism after marrying Meena.
