Indian national Uzma Ahmed, who had claimed she was forced to marry a Pakistani man and was later allowed to return to India, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for their help as she recounted her ordeal at a press conference in New Delhi today.

"Pakistan is like a well of death. I am an orphan. I am an adopted child and have nobody," Uzma said as she broke down several times at the press conference. "It is easy to go (to Pakistan) but tough to return," she said.

"They could have sold me or used me in a risky operation," Uzma, in her late 20s, said about a family in Buner, Pakistan.

Uzma said she was not the only woman duped into marry a man from Buner. She said she saw women who went to Pakistan after their arranged marriages also crying.

"There may be lots of girls in Buner. Buner people are mostly in Malaysia and they get girls from Malaysia. It is a dangerous area. You hear gunshots everyday. Every (man) has two wives there. I don't want this to happen with everyone," she claimed.

She thanked the government of India, particularly External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for making her return possible and making her realize "the value of my life as an Indian citizen".

"I am proud to be an Indian citizen. Sushma madam would call me every day to say we are fighting for you, you are our daughter, you are India's daughter," she said, recounting the days she spent at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

UZMA REACHES INDIA

Earlier today, Uzma reached home after Islamabad High Court granted her the permission on Wednesday.

Uzma had travelled to Pakistan earlier this month, said that her Pakistani husband Tahir Ali, a resident of Buner, 'forced' her to marry him at gunpoint and also harassed her.

Uzma had approached the Islamabad High Court on May 12 to provide security for her journey back to Delhi and to issue duplicate travel documents which were allegedly stolen by Tahir.

She revealed the physical and emotional trauma to the court which not only rescued her but also ordered the police to escort her upto Attari-Wagah border.

Despite having received an emotional setback in the name of love and marriage, Uzma's national and patriotic emotions were visible when she touched the ground with hands immediately after entering Indian territory.

EAM Sushma Swaraj welcomed Uzma Ahmed to India, minutes after she crossed into India from the Wagah border in Amritsar.

"Uzma-Welcome Home India's daughter. I am sorry for all that you have gone through," Swaraj, who was regularly in touch with Uzma's family, tweeted on Thursday.

Uzma reaches Attari-Wagah border. Uzma reaches Attari-Wagah border.

Uzma was wearing a green suit and looked visibly upset after television crews followed her. She did not answer a single question about her ordeal in Pakistan.

She was escorted in a black BMW vehicle right from Attari border till Amritsar.

What went wrong between Uzma and Tahir's love story is still a mystery. Both, who were married previously, apparently met in Malaysia and became friends. Tahir is father of four children and Uzma has a daughter who is struggling with thalassaemia.

Sources said Uzma had gone to meet Tahir and had no immediate plans to get married. Uzma had taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad because she felt threatened, and wanted to return to her country of birth.

Ali had filed a petition claiming that she was being forcibly kept at the Indian High Commission and that the marriage was not under coercion.

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