Curious case of cross-border PUBG love story: Pakistani mother of four, smuggle herself into India to unite with lover

The curious case of a cross-border PUBG love story has us scratching our heads.

And reports emerging on social media from across the border are more than perplexing.

Seema Haider is reported to have left Pakistan with her four children by smuggling herself into India via Nepal in May.

Seema and her Indian lover had been arrested but were then bailed out last week.

She is now reported to be living in the village of Rabupura and said she had been first attracted by Sachin’s gaming skills, three years ago.

The love-struck couple met in 2020 while playing the online shooting game PUBG during the coronavirus pandemic.

The couple met in person in March in Nepal.

As reported, Seema Haider, already married, said she has since married Sachin and taken his name.

 

“We became friends and our friendship turned to love and our chats became longer — every morning and night — before we finally decided to meet,” said 27-year-old Seema Haider.

Seema Haider, already married Pakistani Muslim, mother of four spoke to AFP from the cramped courtyard of a two-room house of her new husband, Sachin Meena, 22, an unmarried Indian Hindu shopkeeping assistant.

The couple claims that it took months of meticulous planning with help from YouTube videos on how to enter India via Nepal.

They were successful in reaching Nepal in May this year.

“It was very difficult to travel from Pakistan to India,” she said. “I believe that with God’s love, we were destined to meet”.

Sachin’s family only learned of Seema’s existence when he rented a nearby apartment with her.

“There was some resistance, but my father and everyone accepted us. They are happy for us,” said Sachin. “I will do everything for them.”

As reported, Indian police found out after they tried to get married at a local court.

Seema’s estranged husband is a Pakistani national Ghulam Haider who works in Saudi Arabia.

He left his job as a laborer and rickshaw driver to earn more money for his family in Saudi Arabia.

Well, the social media timeline is also filled with suspicions about this PUBG love story. And at points, it is hard to digest.