Sarabjit Kaur, a Sikh woman from Punjab who travelled to Pakistan as part of a pilgrims’ jatha for Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Prakash Gurpurab, has reportedly gone missing during visits to gurdwaras in Nankana Sahib.
Recent reports from Pakistan claim that she embraced Islam, adopted the name Noor Hussain, and underwent nikah, with a mosque in Sheikhupura allegedly issuing a nikah certificate citing her consent. The authenticity of the document has not yet been independently verified by The Tribune.
Kaur, 52, a resident of Kapurthala, had crossed the Wagah-Attari border on November 4 along with nearly 1,992 Sikh pilgrims travelling under the bilateral shrine-visitation agreement.
The group returned to India on November 13 after a 10-day visit, but Kaur did not accompany them back.
A purported viral Urdu nikahnama states that she married Nasir Hussain, a resident of Sheikhupura, around 56 km from Lahore, after converting to Islam.
Before leaving for Pakistan, Kaur had been living in Amanipur in the home of her husband, Karnail Singh, who has been based in England for almost three decades. She is divorced and has two sons from her previous marriage.