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Kashmiri girl claims she's been denied passport due to ex-militant uncle
Updated On: 05 August, 2013 09:04 PM IST | | PTI
A 15-year-old girl at an orphanage in Jammu and Kashmir, who has received a US scholarship, claimed she was being denied a passport which would allow her to study in the USA as her uncle was a former militant, although state government officials have clarified that was not the case.
The state administration has assured that Sufaira Jan, who hails from Budgaum district, would receive her passport in due course but the girl claims that having a former militant for an uncle had been held against her.u00a0
"The government doesn't understand that my uncle was a militant in the past and has now surrendered and lives a normal life... What is my fault? I am not a militant," said Jan, who hails from Budgam district.
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