Ludhiana, Jan 04, 2008
Cap. Sohan Singh
Our senior representative confirmed that judge
did not accept bail and postpone their bail hearings until Wednesday,
Jan 09. Look at all the injustice that has been meted out to these
NRI families and see how some of them were betrayed by someone
they considered their own. Feel their pain and the sting of the
stab if you can.
On the other hand, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will
be held in Chandigarh on Jan 05 and in Jalandhar on Jan. 06 to
attract NRIs for investment. NRI Punjabi community feel an immense
urge to do something for the land that has nurtured them.
NRI legislator Jassi Khangura, Qila Raipur MLA
in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has asked the government to deal with
NRI problems with earnestness. He made strong appeal to the ruling
SAD-BJP, “Please don’t turn the forthcoming Punjabi
NRI sammelan to be held at Chandigarh and Jalandhar on January
5 and 6 into a sweet-talking shop, oblivious of the needs of the
NRI community.”
President Kehar Singh Gill and general secretary
Inderpal Singh Athwal, who have led a 150-member delegation from
Canada to the Punjabi NRI sammelan being held on January 5 and
6 here, said, "The sabha formed to assist the NRIs has failed
in achieving any significant results owing to mismanagement and
the functioning of the organisations was far from being transparent
or satisfactory."
US NRI
Father & Son in jail for-calling-off-marriage after Engagement
Ludhiana, December 21, 2007, 10.00am
Cap. Sohan Singh, Ludhiana/Gary Singh Los Angeles
Since yesterday, telephone started ringing from San Francisco,
Vancouver to New York for help to NRIs who were arrested four
days ago for refusing to marry a girl after engagement in Feb.
2006.
Few hours back, our senior representative talked to their nearest
relative in Punjab and he describe like this:
In Feb. 2006, Ajit Singh from North Carolina, along with his
family went to Jallandhar, Punjab, India to find a good Indian
Punjabi cultured girl match to start a new and a happy life. The
family hails from Begowal town in Nawanshahar district. Ajit's
father Charanjit Singh was approached by Kashmiri Chand from Ludhiana
to meet girl's father Paramjit Singh who was also living in same
colony. After few meetings, engagement was done in banquet hall.
As usual punjabi tradition, gold rings and other simple ceremony
was performed.
Ajit' fiancee was going to college in BA part one but still
she had one subject failed in school to be graduate. According
to sources, she could not pass 2nd time and middle man lie that
she had gone through. For the past one and half years, both sides
were very happy to fix a marriage in Dec. 2007.
Ajit Singh's father went to India on Nov. 03, 2007 to prepare
and help for marriage ceremony. With the request of Ajit, father
Charanjit Singh requested middle man to bring all education papers
before marriage. The middle man could not produced any thing because
he lied. Charanjit Singh insist that his son wants all education
papers. Within few weeks, the conversations between the parties
became unfavorable to fix any marriage date. At the end Ajit refused
to marry this girl because of all lies. The Middle man started
to convey messages as a threat.
Ajit Singh and his father, Charanjit Singh, thought that they
had the right to refuse them because of all lies. On the other
hand, girl's father who is working in police as constable felt
insult and used his influence to take a action.
The girl's father Paramjit Singh, who lives near Karabara Chowk,
registered a case with the local police station, alleged that
his daughter got engaged to Ajit in February 2006, Ajit and his
family began demanding a car as dowry soon after the engagement.
Paramjit Singh further alleged that later the boy’s family
took away some jewellery of his daughter. He also said, in the
complaint, that the boy’s family later refused to marry
their son with his daughter. Left with no option, he reported
the matter to the police, the complaint further states.
Salem Tabri Station House Officer Beant Kumar Juneja said the
girl’s family had complained the matter to the police recently.
The SHO confirmed that after registering the case yesterday, the
police today arrested Ajit Singh and Charanjit Singh.
NRI Ajit’s mother, Gurmej Kaur too, has been charged but
not booked. Father and son were arrested under 406 and 420. The
police got judicial remand. On Friday, the relatives were trying
to get bail of NRI son and father but special judge who had a
authority for bail, did not come to the court.
