People in Pakistan called us Kafir. Never get out with tilak on a festival. If they had left, people used to stare.
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After the Babri Masjid dispute, stones were lashed out at our house. A Muslim family of the locality saved his life. After this, he came straight to India and breathed peace.
Now we do not think of going in a dream there. India’s citizenship was also found in February this year.
Saying this, 40-year-old Rajesh Meghwal’s face feels completely changes. The same old fear on his face floats once again.
After the Pahalgam (Kashmir) attack, there is a situation of tension between India and Pakistan once again. In such a situation, Dainik Bhaskar reached among the families from Pakistan, who had settled Pali about 15 years ago. In 2012, several families settled in different areas of Pali from Pakistan. Many of them refused to talk on the India-Pakistan issue.
Rajesh Meghwal, who lives in Sardar Patel Nagar and his family, spoke openly on this issue. The family remembered their days spent in Pakistan and shared experiences.
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The picture is of Rajesh Meghwal who works as a tailoring by profession.
Used to live in a posh colony of Karachi 40 -year -old Rajesh Meghwal, who lives in Sardar Patel Nagar of Pali, is the head of the son of Lilaram family. They say- We belong to Riya (Nagaur) living. It was the task of selling the carpet of the grandfather-grandfather. In such a situation, he went to Karachi, Pakistan at the time of partition.
Got his hideout in Bihar Colony here. Bihar Colony of Karachi is one of the posh areas here. Bought the same house and we also started living between a colony of 500 families. There were also many Muslim families in the locality.
Said- Religious bigotry in Pakistan
Rajesh says- My childhood is spent in the streets of Karachi. He studied up to 10th standard in a school. Along with making carpets, the work of making bags was also started. There was more fanaticism about religion. This bigotry increased further after the Babri Masjid dispute.
After this, there was a case of Babri Masjid in 2012, then there was a hatred about Hindus in the city. During this time, stones were also lashed at our house. Had to sit fearfully in a room. However, the Muslim family of the locality saved us.
‘Could not go out with tilak’
Rajesh says- After this, there was a fear all the time that never something should go wrong with us. Even the name of religion could not be taken openly. They did not get out with tilak. I was afraid of who, how it is, someone came to know that if we are Hindus, do not harm anything.
We could not even drink tea outside. Many hoteliers did not even give tea in the cup. They used to say that this is Kafir. A local youth there had driven away the daughter of one of our relatives.
Rajesh’s mother is now happy, says. If you are in your homeland here, you are safe. Used to be afraid there.
Called India 15 years ago
Rajesh says- Then he started to fear the women of the house. Nobody should never go wrong with us, so I had made up their mind to come to India. In 2012, 16 people returned to India by selling our house and goods prices in Pakistan.
When he came here, we had some relatives in Pali, so came here and settled. Now in February 2025, I got Indian citizenship, it seemed as if the world had won. India is its own country. Here you feel relaxed, familiar. There, tension, fear used to suffer.
The picture is of Rajesh’s sister Kamala. She says that she had left her studies due to fear. It was not appropriate to go out alone.
Hands and feet were removed
Rajesh’s sister Ishwari (37) has spent childhood in the city of Karachi, Pakistan, she says- 2010 is a matter of 2010. In Bihar locality, a Hindu boy quarreled with the local from there. People connected it to religion. After this, suddenly there was a crowd in the locality and several hundred people hit him badly. Removed his hands and feet nails. He kept pleading to save but no one dared to save him. Keep killing him until he died.
Ishwari told-
When we saw this scene with our own eyes, our whole family got very scared. We started worrying about our family. This kind of incident can happen to us sometime in future. For this fear, he left everything in Pakistan and came to India.
If the brother came home, it used to breathe in breath
Rajesh’s sister Kamla (36) says- Karachi is a big city in Pakistan. However, Hindu families do not get as much respect as Muslims there. The mother did not let us go out of the house alone. In such a situation, he could only study up to 7th standard. Wanted to study further but the atmosphere was such that the family did not teach further. When he grew up, I was afraid to get out of the house alone. If something goes wrong, this fear used to suffer with us. Brothers also used to go to work, then they used to come to life only when they came back home.
The family now stays here and celebrates worship and Hindu religious festivals. There he did not have the freedom to openly celebrate the festival.
Now it is difficult to get married
Rajesh’s elderly mother says- stay in Pali and runs her family by working wages. There are 6 sons and 2 daughters. But, now a son Rajesh is married 2 years ago. People used to say, what will happen if Pakistan goes back. No one was ready to get married. 5 sons and 2 daughters still have to get married. Both daughters became older. In such a situation, now the idea of ​​marrying his mind has also come out. Neither did anyone give us a daughter and did not take a daughter from our house due to coming here from Pakistan. In such a situation, there are still 7 children virgin.
28 people living in Pali
SP Chunaram Jat said that 28 people from Pakistan are living in Pali district on a term visa. In which they do not have any kind of threat. He is not being sent to Pakistan. A search operation is being conducted in the district that there is no Pakistani, Bangladeshi illegal living. Under this, documents of people working in other places including factories are being checked. Last checking of hotel-dhabas is being done. The security of the district has been increased.