Anju is an Indian woman who traveled to Pakistan to meet her Pakistani boyfriend Nasrullah in July 2023. At that time, she was married in India and had a husband and children.
Wiki/Biography
Anju Rafael was born to his maternal grandparents in Kaler village in Madogarh block of Jharaun district in Uttar Pradesh, India. According to her passport, she was born on Sunday, December 25, 1988 (age 34; as of 2022) and according to the details submitted in her Pakistan visa application, she was born on Monday, December 12, 1988 (age 34 ;as of 2022) 2022).
She hails from Bona village near BSF College, Dabra tehsiltkanpur, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. She studied in a government school in Jalaunkulauti till eighth grade. According to her father, she studied till Class 12 and as of July 2023, she was working as a security guard at a Honda two-wheeler showroom.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
She belongs to a middle-class family.
Parents and siblings
Anju’s father’s name is Gaya Prasad Thomas, a tailor, and her mother’s name is Sulochana Thomas, a housewife.
She has four sisters and a brother named David Thomas, the youngest of them. One of her sisters lives in Goa and her brother lives with her in Bhiwadi.
husband and children
Her husband’s name is Arvind Rafael, who hails from Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh and lives in Bhiwadi near Alwar district of Rajasthan. She has a 13-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son.
other relatives
Her grandfather worked for the BSF (Border Security Force). She has an uncle named Ashok who serves as Hawaldar in BSF. Her maternal grandfather was Sitaram, a teacher in a government school in Kurauti, and her maternal uncle was Roshanlal Verma.
Relationships/Affairs
In 2020, Anju became friends with Nasrallah, a native of Kursho village in Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, on the social networking site Facebook. Nasrallah’s father’s name is Gulimullah Khan, the youngest of five brothers. He is a science graduate from Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal. They later became very close friends. In July 2023, after crossing the border to Pakistan, Anju said that she had very deep feelings for Nasrallah, who was six years younger than her.
religion
She was born a Hindu; however, she and her family converted to Christianity while their family was living in Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh.
address
Apartment No. 704, Terra Elegance, Bhiwadi, Alwar, Rajasthan
sign
A journey to meet Nasrallah of Pakistan
She applied for a visa to Pakistan in May 2023 and was approved on May 4, 2023. She was allowed to travel within 90 days and allowed to stay for 30 days.
On July 20, 2023, she left her home and traveled from Alwar to Delhi, from which she took a bus to the Attari-Wagah border and then crossed to Pakistan and traveled to Lahore on July 22, 2023. Nasrallah received her in Rawalpindi. Her brother David said in an interview that Anju initially told her family that she was going to Jaipur to meet her sister; however, she instead went to Amritsar and informed her family about the same after arriving there . She then traveled to Lahore and informed her family that she would be returning in a few days. Before going to Pakistan, she also took a leisure trip to Goa, where her sister lives.
stay in pakistan
When news of her trip to Pakistan broke, people began to speculate that she was there to marry her friend Nasrallah. But she denied the news and said she just came to meet him and see the beauty of Pakistan. Nasrallah also said there was no romantic relationship between them and that she lived safely in a separate women’s room in his home. Pakistani police officials also checked her visa application and confirmed that her trip was legal and valid and that she would return to India on August 20, 2023.
On July 25, 2023, some media reports went viral claiming that she had accepted Islam and changed her name to Fatima. Reports also claimed that she had married Nasrallah in a nikah ceremony and received gold worth 2.2 million rupees.
On the contrary, some media reports appeared on the evening of July 25, 2023, saying that she had not converted to Islam, and the news that she converted to Islam and got married was completely false. Anju also posted a video in which she said she was very happy in Pakistan and asked the Indian media and people not to harass her children and family.
When the news reached her family, her father said Anju should not come back but should die in Pakistan. He also claimed that he had no relationship with Anju for 20 years. A video was circulated on social media in which Anju and Nasrallah visited the Rawali Tunnel connecting Upper Dir and Chitral districts.
On July 28, 2023, a video emerged showing her wearing a burqa while having dinner with Nasrallah and his friends. In an interview with an Indian reporter on July 28, 2023, Nasrallah stated that he was married to Anju and would not leave her.
#Pakistan से #anjunasrullahlovestory अबअसलीरंगपरहै..#安ju देवी बुर्के में आ गई हैं.. सी खाम ोशीहै..
पहरड़ों वरले वीडियो की रौनक गरयब है..
“इश्ककेरंगपहलीमरी#anjunasrallah #AnjuinPakistan
video: @DileepKumarPak pic.twitter.com/kVZ7Uae88n
— Kuldeep Panwar (@Sports_Kuldeep) July 27, 2023
He also claimed that Anju had been separated from her husband for three years and had filed for divorce from him before coming to Pakistan. Nasrallah said Anju would return to Pakistan and then travel to Pakistan with his children. Nasrallah said that if Anju did not return to Pakistan, he would come to India to bring her back. Her husband denied the claims and said he was still married to Anju. He also claimed that their children did not want Anju back or living with her.
Facts/Trivia
- Multiple news reports in India stated that the Pakistani government had announced that Anju would be given a government job and a house to live in if she lived with Nasrallah in Pakistan.
- Anju’s husband claimed in an interview that Anju was a pathological liar and often argued with him over trivial matters; however, he never expected that she would take such drastic action.
- While the Indian public shamed her for leaving her family behind, the Pakistani public said she took the step because India was unsafe for women. Many songs were also released that humiliated Anju and told her love story with Nasrallah. Many of the songs also compared her to Seema Haider, who crossed the border to India to live with her boyfriend Sachin Meena.
- Many news reports claim that Anju has been surrounded by Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) and will be killed in Pakistan.
- On July 27, 2023, it was reported that a Chinese woman named Sun Gaofang also came to Islamabad to meet her lover Javed. The situation was similar to Anju.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education