“Knowingly Harbouring…”: CRPF Constable Conceals Marriage To Pak Girl, Sacked
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The constable was dismissed for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani nationwide.
His spouse had acquired deportation orders.
She received reduction from the Jammu and Kashmir Excessive Court docket.
New Delhi:
A Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) constable, whose spouse was about to be deported to Pakistan and received last-minute reduction from the Jammu and Kashmir Excessive Court docket, has now been sacked by the paramilitary power for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani nationwide.
In an announcement, the CRPF stated Constable Munir Ahmed of the 41 Battalion has been dismissed from service “for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani nationwide and knowingly harbouring her past the validity of her visa”.
“His actions had been discovered to be in violation of service conduct and detrimental to nationwide safety,” the CRPF stated.
Mr Ahmed has, nonetheless, claimed he received married practically a month after getting permission from the power’s headquarters and can problem his dismissal in courtroom.
After the phobia assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam final week, through which 26 folks had been killed, India had revoked visas for many Pakistani nationals and requested them to go away the nation inside a specified interval.
Mr Ahmed’s spouse, Minal Khan, who’s from Pakistan, had acquired deportation orders and had been despatched to the Attari-Wagah border when she received reduction from the excessive courtroom. On April 29, the courtroom allowed Ms Khan to remain in India for 10 days.
CRPF sources stated Mr Ahmed, who’s from Jammu and had joined the power in 2017, had written a letter and knowledgeable his division that he supposed to marry a lady from Pakistan, however went forward with out ready for official approval. The couple received married over video name on Might 24 final 12 months.
The sources stated Ms Khan got here to India on a vacationer visa and commenced dwelling with Mr Ahmed. Her visa expired on March 22, however she continued to stick with him.
Constable’s Defence
Chatting with information company PTI, nonetheless, Mr Ahmed stated he had received clearance from the CRPF on April 30 final 12 months, virtually a month earlier than he received married.
Mr Ahmed stated, “I initially got here to learn about my dismissal via media stories. I shortly acquired a letter from the CRPF informing me in regards to the dismissal, which got here as a shock to me and my household as I’ve sought and acquired permission for my marriage to a Pakistani girl from the headquarters.”
“I made the primary correspondence on December 31, 2022, informing (the CRPF of) my want to marry the Pakistani nationwide and I used to be requested to finish formalities… and eventually received a go-ahead from the headquarters on April 30, 2024,” he added.
The CRPF constable stated he had additionally utilized for a no-objection certificates (NOC) however was informed he had already accomplished what was wanted.
“We received married on-line on Might 24 final 12 months via a video name. Subsequently, I submitted marriage footage, ‘Nikah’ papers and marriage certificates to the 72 Battalion, the place I used to be posted (on the time)… When she got here for the primary time on February 28 on a 15-day visa, we utilized for a long-term visa in March itself and accomplished the mandatory formalities, together with the interview,” he stated, including that the Excessive Court docket had given his spouse reduction based mostly on this.
Mr Ahmed stated he will likely be shifting courtroom within the subsequent few days to problem his dismissal. “I’m hopeful of getting justice,” he stated.
(With inputs from PTI)
