by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
JALANDHAR,
MAY 30
The Punjab Government is all set to implement a strict law in August to
check frauds being committed by NRI grooms who desert their innocent wives in
lurch immediately after marriage, disappearing in the thin air in the foreign
lands forever.
This was announced by Punjab Deputy Chief
Minster Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal after inaugurating a helpline for women in
distress, “crime against women” and said that Punjab would not tolerate anybody committing fraud with
the innocent Punjabi girls and was fully committed to check such malpractices.
He said that the new law would stipulate complete verification of NRIs seeking
to marry a Punjabi girl, a compulsory registration of such marriages besides
sifting of such details from the Indian consulate in that country from where
NRI has come.
He said that it was very painful to note that Doaba region has
witnessed most of such fraud marriages by NRIs and desperate deserted wives had
to run from pillar to post to seek justice for her. He said that he has given
orders to conduct of census of such deserted wives and districts have been told
to workout funds required to provide legal assistance to them. He said that
after working out the details he would consolidate the list of victims, provide
them total legal support, contact the concerned Indian consulate through
External Affairs Ministry to track the guilty groom and bring him to justice.
Describing this issue as a burning issue
of the day he said that he would not allow any NRI to conduct a fraud of
holiday marriage with innocent Punjabi girls and such desperados would be
tracked down by every possible legal method and brought to justice.
Expressing concern over the incidents of
domestic violence with the women he said that this new helpline would be
monitored by Inspector General of Police and women would be given justice in a
time bound manner.
Announcing direct recruitment of 2000
women Police Inspectors and DSPs, Mr. Badal said that they would be incharge of
women Police Stations in all the districts. He said that new recruitment would
be made with in 6 months.
Asking the NRI department to come out with
blue print, Mr Badal said that we should also come out with the tracking system
to track offender NRIs.
Calling for the social pressure on the
families of offending NRIs who have deserted their wives in Punjab,
the Member Parliament Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that names and photographs
of offending families should be put on a website so that such families mend
their ways under social pressure.
Later speaking to the media Mr. Badal said
that Captain’s outcry of Vendetta against Congress workers was his desperate
attempt to seek another extension for his ‘Captaincy of the Party’. He said
that Captain had been given extension that he should clear his supplementary
compartment exam of Municipal Corporation elections as he has failed in main
exam of Vidhan Sabha elections. Mr. Badal said that seeing his total failure in
the compartment exam the Captain has started framing excuses to justify his
failure in all exams.
Earlier Mr. Badal formally inaugurate the
website www.crimeagainstwomen.co.in and also launched a
telephone helpline 0181-2221645, where the victim brides can register their
complaints. The Member Parliament Mrs. Harsimrat
Kaur Badal released a souvenir-cum- information booklet to help NRIs on the
occasion published by Punjab Police in collaboration with National Commission
for women.
Speaking on the occasion Mrs. Gurpreet
Deo, Inspector General of Police and also Incharge for NRI disputes said that
Punjab Police a seriously taking the issue of fraud marriages, holiday
marriages and bogus marriages and fully committed to provide justice to the
forsaken brides by NRI grooms. She said that victim brides can proceed without
any hesitation against NRI grooms in fraud marriages through Crime against
women helpline from 9AM to 5PM everyday and these complaints would be solved
within 2 weeks. She also informed that the Punjab police
was received 118 complaints of deserted brides in 2011, out of which 61
criminal cases were registered, she said the number of criminal cases
registered in 2012 till date were 14.
Former Union Minister Mr. Balwant Singh
Ramoowalia and Mrs. Shamina Shafique, who was representing National Commission
for Women, Renowned Punjabi Singer and Vice President of Shiromani Akali Dal
Mr. Hans Raj Hans, also gave their valuable suggestions to eliminate this
social menace from the state.
Meanwhile Mr. S. K. Sharma, ADGP/HRD and
Law and Order, Mr. S. Chattopadhyaya, ADGP cum Member NRI Commission were also
addressed the gathering.
Prominent amongst those present on the
occasion included Mr. Parneet Singh, Regional Passport Officer, Dr. Rajesh
Gill, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies.
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