2024-08-25 16:25:36
New Delhi: Many people name themselves after their favorite film stars, cricketers or politicians. This is a very common thing. But sometimes changing the name can prove to be very costly. One such strange case has come to light from Thane, Maharashtra, where 27-year-old Nagma Noor Maqsood Ali has got into legal trouble due to changing her name. Nagma had changed her name to Sanam Khan about 10 years ago while making an Aadhar card. She did not like her real name. She changed her name with the help of a local shopkeeper. Recently, when her papers were verified for marrying a Pakistani citizen and going to Pakistan, her name change was revealed.
Changed the name after seeing the film
According to media reports, Nagma illegally changed her name to Sanam Khan in 2015. She had heard this name in many films and she liked it so much that she decided to change the name. In 2022, Nagma married a Pakistani man after meeting him online. She also moved to Abbottabad in Pakistan earlier this year with her two daughters from her first marriage. On July 17, she returned to Thane to take care of her ailing mother. During her visit to India from Pakistan, the police checked her papers and this discrepancy was caught.
Accused of being a Pakistani spy
After receiving a police summons on July 22, Nagma had to visit the Vartak Nagar police station for three days. The police questioned her about how she obtained official documents like passport and PAN card in the name of Sanam Khan, while her official name was still Nagma. The local media got wind of her case. This was followed by reports accusing Nagma of being a Pakistani spy. Some people compared her to Seema Haider, a Pakistani citizen who entered India illegally with children.
Name changed for 20 thousand rupees
According to a report in the Indian Express, the Vartak Nagar police station registered a case against Nagma for obtaining an Aadhaar card using forged documents and she was arrested on July 25. She was released on bail in the first week of August. The shopkeeper has also been booked and arrested in the case. The police said Nagma told them that the shopkeeper had charged her Rs 20,000 for a birth certificate, PAN card and Aadhaar card in her preferred name, and also changed her date of birth from 1997 to 2001.
What is the story of Nagma?
Nagma’s first marriage was in 2012. Nagma told that the marriage took place in her village near Moradabad in UP during the summer vacation in 2012. At the time of marriage, Nagma was studying in 8th class. After marriage, Nagma’s mother returned to Thane. Nagma lived in her in-laws’ house for many years. Nagma alleges that her first husband used to beat her. In December 2013, she became a mother for the first time at the age of 16. Nagma says that by 2015, she convinced her mother to help her family start a new life in Thane. She returned to Thane with her daughters. After some time, she separated from her husband.
Fell in love with a Pakistani man online
According to the police, Nagma’s husband died in 2019. While surfing Facebook in May 2021, Nagma met Babar Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Pakistan. They started talking and over the next few months she told him about her marriage and two daughters. Over time, the two fell in love with each other. 2022 The parents of both talked to them on video call and decided to get married. Nagma told that in 2023 she applied for passports for her daughters and herself. Earlier this year, I applied for our visa. No objection was raised at any stage.
In July, she decided to return to India due to her mother’s ill health. Within a few days of returning to Thane, she was summoned to the police station. “Why was no objection raised when she applied for passport and visa?” Nagma says. Nagma, who was released on bail in the first week of August, cannot return to Pakistan without the permission of the local court due to this case.