Woman accuses NRI of bigamy, seeks action
Thursday, 25/07/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130725/punjab.htm#12
Sangrur : A resident of Kurar village in Barnala district today urged the Barnala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to take action against a non-resident Indian (NRI) for “cheating” her family and “spoiling” her daughter’s life.
In an application to the SSP, Swaranjit Kaur alleged that the NRI, who belonged to a village in Fatehgarh Sahib, had married her daughter in February 2005 without disclosing that he was already married. He had “divorced” her forcibly in December 2011 in the United States of America (USA). She alleged he was still harassing her daughter.
She said at the time of the registration of the marriage, the NRI had shown himself as unmarried.
The complainant said in 2006, he took her daughter to the US, where she came to know that he was already married and had a daughter. She also added in her application that later, he started harassing her daughter for getting a divorce as “he was in a relationship with a girl from Mexico”.
Swaranjit said these incidents had been brought to her notice by her daughter when she came to Kurar village in January this year to attend her sister’s marriage. She said her daughter had also told her that she was living alone now in the USA.
She stated that the NRI had come to his village in India now, so legal action should be taken against him. She alleged that he had cheated them in connivance with his two relatives.
She urged the SSP to initiate action in this case at the earliest because as per her information the NRI would leave India for America on July 30.
Barnala Superintendent of Police (Detective) Balraj Singh Sidhu said the application was with the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). Barnala DSP Swaran Singh Khanna said he would hold an inquiry into the matter.
