Pakistani woman does a Bajrangi Bhaijan, arrested

Chandigarh, July 31: In a case of life imitating art, a young Pakistani woman crossed the border into India without valid travel documents - a la Salman Khan in Bollywood blockbuster ‘Bajrangi Bhaijan’, albeit in the reverse direction - and landed in police custody on Friday. Claiming to be from Karachi city in Pakistan, Chanda Khan alias Fauzia, 27, told police officials she had come to India to meet Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan. Chand - who arrived in India without a passport, visa or ticket - was off-loaded from the Samjhauta Express link train at Jalandhar, about 160 km from here, late Thursday night. She gave different statements to police regarding her travel across the border even as railway police in Punjab arrested her on Friday. The woman was booked under the Foreigners Act and Passport Act for illegally entering India. (ians)