Nihang’s ‘strained’ marriage with UK socialite upsets Jassian villagers
Thursday, 12/09/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130912/punjab.htm#16
Ludhiana : Residents of Jassian village are concerned over reports that British socialite Alexandra Aitken and Inderjot Singh’s marriage is on the verge of a breakdown.
Inderjot Singh, a realtor-turned-Sikh martial (nihang), and Alexandra Aitken, daughter of former British Treasury Minister, raised a furore when they got married in October 2010 in a secret ceremony in Amritsar.
Inderjot has been missing from the village ever since reports of his marriage with Alexandra breaking up have spread. Sources said Inderjot had left for England.
Sources said their relationship got strained when Alexandra, who converted to Sikhism, did not appear before a magistrate for registering the marriage.
Alexandra, who changed her name to Uttrang Kaur Khalsa, did not even attend the funeral of Inderjot's father Bramh Singh Grewal, a former Municipal Corporation employee.
Davinder Singh, Sarpanch of Jassian village and a distant relative of Inderjot, said the duo’s marriage made international news and several foreign reporters had visited their village.
The couple has been staying in Anandpur Sahib, where Alexandra has been doing a lot of charitable work. She has built several schools, hospitals and meditation centres.
