Pak boy’s dream to become Bollywood actor lands him in jail

Monday, October 27, 2008 at 5:10 am

A dream to act in Bollywood has landed a Pakistani teenaged boy in the local juvenile home for violating the Indian Passport Act.

This is not the first such incident as during the past six years about seven Pakistani children had to face detention in Indian Juvenile homes after trespassing the Indian territory.

Nasir Sultan (15), a resident of Dir in north west frontier province of Pakistan left his home to cross Indian border to meet Shah Rukh Khan and seek his help to become a Bollywood filmstar.

However, his dreams shattered after reaching near the border as he was nabbed by BSF men and handed over to the police for further action.

He was sent to the Faridkot Observation home after facing trial in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Jatinder Singh Behniwal at Ferozepur for violating the Indian Passport Act.

Nasir said he crossed the border only to meet his desires to make it big in an Indian reality TV show and to meet his idol Shah Rukh Khan.

He had no idea that passport and visas were must to cross any border beyond the Pakistan territory.

His worried parents, who were thinking that their son was kidnapped, got the information about his whereabouts a few days back, sources said.

Nasir’s father Sultan Zareen, who works at a petrol pump in Pakistan, started his efforts to repatriate his son with the help of a social group, they said.

The social group across the border, which has taken up Nasir’ case, has urged the Indian authorities to take a lenient view on the teenager and release him from the jail saying that he was altogether innocent.

According to sources, a senior functionary in the Pakistani Cabinet is also in touch with the authorities for Nasir’s repatriation.

Nasir, who thought that by only reaching Mumbai he could become a star like Shah Rukh Khan, said regretting his act “I should have been more careful.”

Deputy Commissioner V K Meena, when contacted said “the administration will make all efforts to secure the repatriation of the Pakistani boy.

“The proceedings will, however, take its own time,” Meena said.

Another 14-year-old Pakistani boy Sunil had left his home on May 15 after his father brought home a second wife but his protest march ended at a juvenile home on this side of the border.

“I left my home after a quarrel with my father and kept walking without paying attention to where I was going,” Sunil, a resident of Falea area of Sindh province in Pakistan, said. Meena visited the juvenile home to offer Diwali gifts to the inmates.

There are not rare instance of mistaken transgression by teenaged Pakistani boys.

Seven Pakistani boys were repatriated in 2005, after spending years in juvenile centres.

Meanwhile, Nasir had already spent 40 days in Indian custody following his arrest by BSF personnel.

(Agency)

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Pak boy’s dream to become Bollywood actor lands him in jail

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