An Indian Sikh woman who travelled to Pakistan as part of a pilgrims’ group earlier this month has converted to Islam and married a Pakistani man she had known through social media for nearly a decade, Lahore police said on Saturday.

Sarabjeet Kaur, 48, from Amanipur village in Kapurthala district, was among nearly 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims who arrived in Pakistan on November 4 to participate in Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary celebrations. When the group returned to India on 13 November, Kaur was reported missing.

According to Lahore police, Kaur married Nasir Hussain, a resident of Farooqabad in Sheikhupura district, just a day after reaching Pakistan. A senior officer said she has taken the name Noor after converting to Islam.

“The couple has gone into hiding and police are searc

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