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Nazia leaves for Kashmir with husband

CUTTACK: The 28-year-old Muslim woman Nazia Banu, who was staying in Orissa for last three months after fleeing her husband’s place in Budgan district of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday left for her native place with her husband.

But the innocent Oriya migrant worker with whom Banu landed up in State in October last year is still cooling his heels in a Bhubaneswar jail.

Nazia left for Kashmir with her husband Md Yusuf after her petition to the Bhubaneswar SDJM was allowed.

After her statements under Section 164 of CrPC were recorded, Nazia had filed a petition seeking the court’s permission to go back to her native place with her husband. “Since my husband has now assured that he would not torture me further and we would be staying in New Delhi, I may be allowed to go back to home along with my husband who has arrived here,” Nazia had mentioned in her petition. The Bhubaneswar SDJM Arun Kumar Sahu allowed her petition and directed the short stay home in which she was staying to leave Nazia with her husband after identifying him.

It may be recalled here that Nazia, a mother of four children, had landed up in state on October 16, 2007 with the Nayagarh based migrant worker Digamber Bisoi. But the Bhubaneswar police arrested both and Digamber was charged with a kidnapping case.

Although, Nazia had publicly said that Bisoi was innocent and she had left her husband’s place of her own due to unbearable physical torture, Bisoi had no respite.

The woman, who was initially not interested to go back to her husband, had even filed a petition before the High Court to be allowed to stay in the State, however, changed her mind last week and pleaded the court to allow her to go back to her husband and children.

The HC had directed the Bhubaneswar SDJM to record her statements and act according to provisions of law.

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