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Indian woman marries her Facebook friend in Pakistan

Anju, the Indian mother of two children who travelled to a remote village in Pakistan, married her Facebook friend on July 25 after converting to Islam and now has a new name, Fatima.

The 34-year-old Indian woman was staying at her Pakistani friend Nasrullah’s home in the Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They became friends on Facebook in 2019.

They tied the knot in a local court of a district and sessions judge amid tight security. "Nasrullah and Anju's marriage was solemnised today and a proper nikkah was performed after she converted to Islam," senior officer at the Moharrar City Police Station in Upper Dir district, Muhammad Wahab, told PTI.

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