'Brother-in-law targeted me for trying to save my sister from his abuse'

What had started as a mission to save his cousin sister from her abusive husband in Dubai turned into a nightmare for 40yearold Mumbra resident Nadeem Shaikh after his vengeful brotherinlaw told the authorities he was part of a terror plot to attack a city school Even as the police try to figure out how to take action against the Pakistani national who made the hoax call Shaikh recounts the twoday ordeal as he suddenly found himself hounded by copsRead Story Hoax caller from Peshawar sends ATS on wild goose chaseNadeem ShaikhldquoI was shocked when I was detained as a terrorist I was questioned from different angles by the AntiTerrorism Squad Mumbra Police Railway Police Navi Mumbai Police Thane Crime Branch and the special branch from the Thane Commissioneraterdquo said Shaikh a manager at the Shaadi Mahal wedding hall near his house in Amrut Nagar MumbraShaikh told the investigators that he wasnrsquot part of any terror plot and that the caller was none other than his brotherinlaw who wanted to teach him a lessonldquoMy cousin sisterrsquos husband planned this conspiracy so I would be harassed by police He will go to any length to teach me a lesson and had even warned me he would take revengerdquo said ShaikhAbusive husbandShaikh alleged that the caller mdash Dubaibased Pakistani national Mohammed Fazil Nabi Gulam mdash had married his cousin sister and had been brutally abusing her for eight yearsWhen Shaikh tried to intervene the accused was incensed and cooked up the terror plotShaikhrsquos cousin Shabnam was widowed after her first husband died in an accident She was left with their oneyearson and it was to improve his future prospects that she went to Dubai in UAE to work as a domestic help There she was employed by the accused GulamldquoThey fell in love and were married within a year They have an 8yearold daughter together who resides with them in Dubai while her son mdash now 14 years old mdash lives with her relatives in Mumbrardquo said ShaikhHowever Shabnamrsquos family was entirely unaware that she was being abused by her husband until she came to Mumbra a year ago ldquoWe asked her about her daughter and why she doesnrsquot bring her to India and Shabnam began crying She told us about the harassment she had been meted out by her husband for the last eight yearsrdquo Shaikh recalled In fact Gulam had made similar threats to declare Shabnam a terrorist if she told anyone about the abuse ldquoHe threatened to call the Mumbai Police and tell them she was a terrorist active in Dubairdquo said ShaikhldquoHe also wonrsquot let her daughter leave and threatened to kill the girl if Shabnam tries to leave herself So for the love of her daughter Shabnam had to return to Dubairdquo added the Mumbra man who has now asked the police to help his sister as wellldquoI tried to help Shabnam return to India and told her to register a case against her husband but this led to my brotherinlaw targeting merdquo said Shaikh who has since been released by the cops but has still been instructed to report to the police station every day to mark his attendance