Dumped by NRI husband, woman fails
to get help from cops as well
Chandigarh, May 18, 2006
VARINDER BHATIA
Express India
AN NRI marriage gone wrong, Rajinder Kaur, along
with her one-and-half-year-old son, are today literally
begging for justice. It’s been over 10 days
since a harassed Rajinder Kaur is running from pillar
to post to teach her husband a lesson, but the Chandigarh
Police seem to have developed cold feet and have
not done much yet.
Rajinder Kaur (22), who is presently
living with her parents in Sector 29, had a harrowing
experience when she went to Italy after marrying
a neighbour’s son. The dowry given by her parents
was taken away by her in-laws and she was dumped
by her husband at a secluded place with her seven-month-old
son.
“It was an arranged marriage. I went with my
husband to Italy, but after a few months, things
started changing drastically. There was a sudden
change in his attitude. His parents also started
misbehaving and torturing me,” Rajinder Kaur
told Newsline.
Rajinder Kaur got married to Parminder
Singh on January 12, 2003. In August 2003, she went
to Italy and started staying with her husband. After
about three months, Parminder brought her back to
India and after staying here for a few days, went
back to Italy.
“I was left alone. I went back
to Italy after a couple of months of waiting. My
husband and his parents maltreated me and even beat
me up. I even complained against him to the police
there, who gave him a warning, after which he allowed
me to stay with him. But one day, he took me to
somebody’s place, dumped me there and went
away with another woman. Luckily, there were a few
Indian and Pakistani families, who came to my rescue
and arranged a return ticket for me from Italy to
India. I came back in December last year,”
Rajinder Kaur added.
Rajinder Kaur had lodged a complaint
with the Chandigarh Police against her husband.
Ten days have gone by, but the Woman and Child Support
Unit here has not been able to help her in any way.
When asked, DSP D.S. Thakur said,
“I don’t exactly remember the case, but
it might be on the counselling stage. I would get
it checked tomorrow and definitely act according
to law.”
Rajinder Kaur’s father Puran
Singh claims to have spent about Rs 10 lakh, his
entire retirement money, on his daughter’s
marriage and her three visits to Italy. “We
were left with no other option but to approach the
police, but to no avail,” he said.
