Lahore police confirmed Saturday that an Indian Sikh woman who entered Pakistan with a pilgrim group has converted to Islam and married a local Muslim man she originally met on social media.

In India’s Punjab state, her disappearance is being investigated, police from Kapurthala district said.

Sarabjeet Kaur, 48, was among around 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims who travelled to Pakistan via Wagah border to attend the festivities related to the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. The pilgrims returned home November 13, but Kaur was found missing.

“Kaur contracted marriage with Nasir Hussain of Sheikhupura district, some 50 kms from Lahore, a day after her arrival in Pakistan on November 4 and declared that she converted to Islam and married out of free will,” a senior police officer in Lahor

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