Shameema Akhtar, the mother of Constable Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh, who died in May 2022 while fighting terrorists, will not be deported to Pakistan, Baramulla Police has clarified.
Days after the tragic Pahalgam attack, Jammu and Kashmir authorities have transported 59 Pakistani nationals to Punjab for their repatriation to their country of origin, Srinagar officials informed.
Baramulla Police issued a clarification saying, “Reports circulating on social media regarding the alleged repatriation of mother of martyr Constable Mudasir Ahmad @ Bindaas are false, baseless, and categorically denied”
In a carefully worded clarification, Shameema’s brother-in-law Mohammad Younus said martyr Mudasir’s mother has returned home as she was not taken for deportation. “We are thankful to the Government of India,” Younus said.
Earlier, Mudasir’s uncle had told reporters that his sister-in-law belonged to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and, as such, she should not have been deported.
“My sister-in-law is from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which is our territory. Only Pakistanis should have been deported,” Younus said.
After Mudasir’s death, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the family, and so did the Lieutenant Governor, twice, he said.
“My bhabhi was 20 years old when she came here and has been living here for 45 years now. My appeal to (PM Narendra) Modi and Amit Shah is that they should not do it,” Younus said.
Shameema had married Mohammad Maqsood, now a retired police officer, before the eruption of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990. Shameema, accompanied by her husband, received the Shaurya Chakra from President Droupadi Murmu in Delhi in May 2023.
The main Baramulla town square has been named Shaheed Mudasir Chowk in memory of the policeman.
According to the citation for Sheikh, he was awarded the third-highest gallantry award posthumously in 2022 for his role in thwarting a major terrorist plot targeting the Amarnath Yatra.
In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack last week, the Centre announced a slew of measures, including suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, downgrading diplomatic relations with Islamabad, and ordering all Pakistanis on short-term visas to leave India by April 27 or face action.
The 59 deportees include the wives and children of ex-militants, who returned to the valley under the 2010 rehabilitation policy for former ultras.
Of them, 36 had been living in Srinagar, nine each in Kupwara, eight in Baramulla, four in Budgam, and two in Shopian district, officials said.
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