From PUBG To ATS: The Unraveling Story Of Seema Haider And Sachin Meena’s Illegal Entry

New Delhi, 19th July 2023: According to sources, the Uttar Pradesh Police Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) will interrogate Seema Haider, a Pakistani citizen who entered India illegally in May, and her Indian partner Sachin Meena for the second time. Haider and Meena have been taken to the ATS facility for questioning. The ATS is particularly interested in Haider’s travels to Dubai, Nepal, and India, as they want to understand how she managed these journeys and property transactions without any apparent support, considering her lack of education.

The agency aims to eliminate the possibility of her uncle or the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) being involved in her presence in India. Additionally, they seek to determine if she has any connections to any agencies or terrorist groups as a potential fidayeen source.

Sources also reveal that the ATS wants to investigate whether Haider’s intended target was the new airport or Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Seema Haider, along with her four children, entered India from Nepal on a bus and settled in the Rabupura area of Greater Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh to live with Sachin Meena. The couple initially connected through the online game PUBG in 2019. Haider was arrested on July 4 for illegal entry into India, while Meena was apprehended for sheltering illegal immigrants. However, both were granted bail by a local court on July 7, and they have been residing together with Haider’s four children in a house in the Rabupura area.

During media interactions, Haider expressed her desire to stay in India with Meena and claimed to have converted to Hinduism. Her family and neighbours in Pakistan, as reported by PTI, expressed their unwillingness for her to return.

In the aftermath of Haider’s move to India, a group of dacoits attacked a Hindu temple and nearby homes owned by Hindus using rocket launchers in the Kashmore area of Southern Sindh province. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Shortly after Haider’s relocation, dacoits in the Kashmore and Ghotki riverine regions issued threats of violence against Hindu places of worship and community members. In response to this, the attack took place.

Additionally, the UP ATS arrested a suspected ISI agent in Lucknow on charges of supplying crucial information about defence establishments to handlers in the neighbouring country.

Haider’s questioning coincides with a threat from a lesser-known right-wing fringe group in Greater Noida, which has warned of a protest if Haider is not expelled from the country within 72 hours. In a video shared on social media, a man identifying himself as the national president of the group claimed that “Seema is a spy” and part of a conspiracy against the country.

On July 12, the traffic control room of the Mumbai Police received an anonymous call warning of a terrorist attack similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11) if Haider did not return to her country.