|
|
|
|
|
Aamir Khan to discuss plight of deserted NRI wives
Snatcher caught on CCTV camera
Youth murdered
|
|
|
|
|
Aamir Khan to discuss plight of deserted NRI wives
Jalandhar, May 8 Bollywood actor Aamir Khan will be discussing the sensitive issue on his new show on the small screen - Satyamev Jayte. Aamir interviewed Paramjit Kaur of Nawanshahr whose Australia-based NRI husband reportedly deserted her a week after her marriage. She was invited to Mumbai for the episode. Aamir Khan also invited the Regional Passport Officer (RPO), Jalandhar, Perneet Singh to Mumbai for an interview, highlighting his role in launching a massive campaign to save ‘holiday wives’ from the shackles of sham marriages. Talking to The Tribune, Perneet Singh said it was a 10-minute interaction in which he answered the queries of Aamir Khan, hence highlighting the process and the impact of impounding passports of such grooms settled abroad under Section 10(3b) and 10 (3h) of the Passport Act, 1967. “After going through stories of ‘holiday wives’ in newspapers, Aamir’s production team contacted me for the episode in March. Through this episode, it was highlighted how women in different parts of Doaba belt, including Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr, were being exploited by NRI grooms on the pretext of marriage,” he said. The Regional Passport Officer said he had launched a special ‘Women Grievances Cell’ to readdress such cases of sham marriages. “It was a pleasure to see Aamir lauding my efforts of having solved the cases of as many as 30 such women and impounding 84 passports of NRIs since last year,” he added. Aamir also interviewed Akali leader Balwant Singh Ramoowalia for his untiring efforts in taking up the issue of ‘holiday wives’ with the state and the Centre governments.
|
||
|
Snatcher caught on CCTV camera
Shahkot, May 8 “I was heading home after attending the school and when I reached Azad Nagar, a bike-borne miscreant, who was following me, stopped me and snatched my purse containing four grams of gold ornaments, a mobile phone, Rs 60,000 cash and some important documents” she alleged. After the incident, the woman raised the alarm and nearby residents gathered on the spot. Meanwhile, the police was informed that the snatcher might have been caught on a CCTV camera installed outside the house of one Sukhbir Singh. The police took the CCTV footage in which the snatcher was seen snatching the purse. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nakodar, Harmeet Singh Hundal also reached the spot to take stock of the situation. Prem Kumar, station house officer, said the police had taken the CCTV footage and was seeking help of experts to clear the camera pictures to identify the accused. |
||
|
Youth murdered
Hoshiarpur: A youth was allegedly murdered by his friends at Purhiran today.
The Model Town police has booked Tony of Purhiran, Binder of Tanuali (Mehtiana) and Sarabjit of Dholbaha under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC for murdering their friend Manjit Singh. Manjit Singh, who played an instrument in an orchestra group, visited his Tony’s house last evening. At 2.15 am someone phoned Manjit Singh's sister Jasbir Kaur and told her that his brother was lying in an unconscious state. She along with her mother Sita rushed to house of Tony and returned within 15 minutes. After some time, the aforesaid accused carrying the body of Manjit Singh in their hands reached their house and after dropping his body there fled. Marks of strangulation were found on the neck of the body. — OC
|
|
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | E-mail | |
Also known as the NRI belt, the Doaba region has the maximum number of brides abandoned by NRI grooms. Even as the issue has hit headlines many times, it’s for the first time that the issue will be discussed and broadcast on Doordarshan and Star Plus.
