Says that deporting Siraj to Pakistan alone will amount to denying her and minor children of being maintained by her husband and residing with him, thereby depriving them of fundamental rights.Sajida, the Indian-born wife of Antop Hill resident Siraj Khan, who faces deportation to Pakistan after accidentally entering India 19 years ago, has approached the ministry of external affairs and the collector to make her husband a permanent citizen of the country.Siraj, who was 10 when he inadvertently entered India, went on to settle down in Mumbai, married Sajida, and had three children. He now faces the prospect of being sent back to Pakistan without his family.Sajida, 28, has now written to the authorities, seeking permanent citizenship for Siraj under a section of the Citizens Act, which states that a person can apply for citizenship if his spouse is an Indian citizen and he has resided in the country for over seven years.In her letter, Sajida has cited violation of a clause under the Prevention of Domestic Violence against Women Act if Siraj is deported. According to clause, Sajida said, she and her minor children are entitled to be maintained by her husband and reside with him. “Deporting Siraj to Pakistan alone will amount to depriving me and my minor children of fundamental rights,” the letter drafted by her advocate, Yusuf Khan, said.Meanwhile, Siraj has been detained in RAK Marg Police Station ever since the order was passed that he be deported.In her letter, Sajida has requested the collector to direct the police to produce her husband in his office, so that Siraj can affirm his application for Indian citizenship, and it can then be sent to the Central Government for consideration.The application was filed by Siraj under Section 5(1)(c) of the Citizenship Act 1955, according to which the Centre may register as a citizen somebody who is married to an Indian and who has ordinarily been residing in India for the past seven years.While this has provisions only for people who are not illegal immigrants, their lawyer claims that under a recent amendment the Central Government can use its discretionary powers.The application further stated that until his citizenship application is decided upon, Siraj should not be deported from the country.