Rashida Tinwalla, 42, who had come to India in December 2009 and claims to be "penniless", is a divorcee and her three minor kids stay with her parents in Karachi.u00a0

Now, in Mumbai, she stays on staircases of buildings, her lawyer Sham Keshwani said. She claimed that the authorities had wrongfully disallowed her to leave India unless she paid a Rs four lakh fine slapped on her in a Customs' case of smuggling fake currency as she has no money, assets or relatives here who can help her.