India, Dec. 7 -- A cross-border marriage has spiralled into a legal, emotional and bureaucratic battle for a Pakistani woman who claims she has been abandoned, deceived and now being replaced by her husband who is based in India's Indore.

Karachi resident Nikita Nagdev has accused her husband, Vikram Nagdev, a Pakistani-origin man living in Madhya Pradesh on a long-term Indian visa, of reportedly sending her back to Pakistan under false pretences and planning a second marriage in Delhi. She has now appealed for intervention "at the highest level".

According to a purported video, shared by Nikita Nagdev, she says she is from Karachi and that she married Vikram Nagdev in Karachi on January 26, 2020, following Hindu customs, reported NDTV....