Pakistani woman who had become the acting head of the panchayat village, arrested
A Pakistani woman, who had managed to become acting head of a village panchayat in the area of the Jalesar police station, was arrested on Saturday, police said. Bano Begum, a Pakistani national who had become the acting head of the Gadau village panchayat, had been on the run since an FIR was searched against her on January 1 this year at the Jalesar police station, has been arrested, said Etah’s SSP Sunil Kumar Singh. .
The FIR against Bano Begum had come forward on complaints from villagers who had said that despite being a Pakistani citizen, she had contested the village panchayat elections and, following the death of the elected panchayat pradhan, had also become in the acting head of the panchayat.
During the investigation, it emerged that Bano Begum was originally from Pakistan and had married Akhtar Ali of Etah on June 8, 1980. Since their marriage, she had stayed in India while repeatedly extending her long-term visa, the SSP said. .
Meanwhile, she also managed to compete and win the elections of the last gram panchayat and eventually become the acting head of the panchayat after the death of the elected pradhan, the SSP said.
Jalesar police arrested her near her home on Saturday with a tip, he added.
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