By Nida Mahmoed
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Atithi Devo Bhava; Pakistani family dejected in Mumbai.
6:21:00 AM
A country who believes “Atithi Devo Bhava, means; the guest is equivalent to God” and this tagline is strongly used in many Indian tourism campaigns to promote safe and friendly tourism image of India. But unfortunately, world come to see another bitter side of India where a Pakistani family of six spends night on the footpath of Mumbai like a beggar’s even more difficult than a beggar life.
As they came to visit India with this perspective that they are going to a neighboring country, which follows same ethics as Pakistan follows for welcoming their guests because both countries share same culture and moral values but somehow because of Indian government policies, a family with their 12 year old mentally disabled son and two women spends day on street of Mumbai.
Mohammad Shakeel; head of family’ said to a media representative, His family arrived in India on Sunday, October 4 on a 40 day visit visa, firstly they stayed in Jodhpur at their relatives house then reached to Mumbai Railway Station from Jodhpur by Suryanagri Express.
Mohammed Shakeel, further added, her mother Rabiya Basri; stayed in Rajasthan for 10 days, but she did not face any problem there. Mr. Shakeel said, He and his family never thought that they come to stay on a footpath at Metropolitan city of India.
He also raises a point against harsh interrogation by Mumbai Police. Mohammed Shakeel, said that he has all the papers but Mumbai police treated them like an illegal immigrant and took several hours to verified our documents.
When media contact to the senior divisional commissioner “Anand Vijay Jha”, He said; there was nothing suspicious found in their documents and official verified all the documents and took them to a waiting room for long and not give them proper shelter to spend a night, it's sadden seriously.
Now the question is pop up into the mind that why this Pakistani family not gets any accommodation to stay in a Mumbai city though Mohammed Shakeel’s family had completed verified documents.
In India, for check-in at any Hotel, Guest House, Individual House, Hospital or any Institute needs to submit Form C to the Registration authorities within 24 hours of the arrival of the foreigner at their premises. This Form C will help the registration authorities in locating and tracking the foreigners. So anyone could easily guess now that why Mohammed Shakeel’s family did not get any shelter to stay in Mumbai because after repeated attacks on Pakistani’s from party workers of Shiva Sena actually vandalism the “Atithi Devo Bhava” image of India.
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