Chandigarh, Jan 5: Sarabjit Kaur, a resident of Kapurthala who had gone missing in Pakistan while travelling with a Sikh jatha in November last year, is likely to be repatriated to India on Tuesday, officials said.
She could not be brought back on Monday due to documentation issues. Confirming the development, DSP Attari Yadwinder Singh said the delay occurred as her documents were incomplete. “The formalities are being completed and she is expected to be repatriated on Tuesday,” he said.
Sarabjit Kaur had travelled to Pakistan on a visitor’s visa as part of a jatha of Sikh pilgrims to mark Guru Nanak Dev’s Parkash Gurpurab on November 4, 2025. She went missing while visiting Gurdwara Nankana Sahib. Later, reports surfaced claiming that she had embraced Islam and married a Pakistani national, Nasir Hussain, a resident of Sheikhupura, around 56 km from Lahore.
The Sikh jatha returned to India on November 13.
Meanwhile, Mahinder Pal Singh, a former member of the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan, filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking Sarabjit Kaur’s repatriation, describing the issuance of a single-entry visa in her case as illegal.
