Financial worries add to stowaway Habib's woes

New Delhi: Habib Hussain, arrested in Jaipur on Dec 25 after taking an Air India flight from Saudi Arabia without ticket or passport, is out on bail and back home in Moradabad. But the 26 year-old stowaway’s rough ride is far from over.
With his immigration plans permanently botched, the poverty and deprivation that Habib had tried so hard to pull his family out of, have deepened. The costs of a court case, frequent journeys of family members to Jaipur, the board and lodging there - have all added to his financial worries.
The family is hoping the matter will be resolved fast but their lawyer Ashwani Mishra says there isn’t much chance of that. The chargesheet is yet to be filed; investigation, cross-examination and the rest will take at least one to one-and-half years to complete.
“I’m asking him to look for a job,” says Habib’s elder brother, Jalaluddin. A chastened Habib says he’ll start after the next hearing, slated for January 18. “We’re worried about what to do. I’ll have to trouble my wife and kids more. And my mother,” Habib, who belongs to Maliq Mohammad Jawapur village in western UP’s Moradabad district, told TOI over phone.
17/01/10 Shreya Roy Chowdhury/Times of India

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