Hamida Bano, who left India 20 years ago in search of a job in gulf countries, had no idea that she would end up trafficked to Pakistan. Thanks to two YouTubers—one based in Kurla and one in Karachi, Pakistan, she was virtually reunited with her family in Kurla. Bano, in her mid 50s, and her family are now urging the Indian embassy in Pakistan to repatriate her as she does not have any money or even a passport. 

The YouTubers 

Khalfan Shaikh, a Kurla resident who runs the channel Hashtag Mumbai on YouTube, said he came across a video of a woman on Sunday afternoon. “The woman was saying that she lived in Kurla’s Qureshi Nagar and was trafficked to Pakistan 20 years ago. So, I shared the video with my subscribers asking if anybody knew her. Within 30 minutes, I came to know she has a family here and I was talking to her grandson Bilal,” Shaikh told mid-day.