Sajida Khan (right) with daughter Zara at their Antop Hill home. Siraj Khan's family has been inconsolable ever since they heard about his deportation on Monday

"If Adnan Sami can get Indian citizenship, why can't my husband?" asks Sajida Khan, wife of Siraj Murad Khan, the Pakistani national who was deported to the country of his origin on Monday. Fighting back tears, she adds, "He was only born in Pakistan, but he has grown up and worked in India, treating this as his motherland. Why can't the authorities take up his case on humanitarian grounds?" Sajida and Siraj have three children — daughter Zara and two sons, Inayat and Ejaz.