CRPF Jawan Dismissed for Hiding Marriage to Pakistani Woman, Letting Her Overstay

A CRPF jawan has been dismissed from service for secretly marrying a Pakistani woman and allowing her to stay in India even after her visa expired.

 

 

CT/GD Munir Ahmed, posted in the 41st Battalion of CRPF and a resident of Jammu (J&K), had joined the force in 2017. He married Minal Khan, a woman from Pakistan, over a video call on May 24 last year. Though he had written to his department expressing his intention to marry a Pakistani national, he went ahead with the wedding without waiting for official approval.

 

 

 

 

 

Minal had entered India on a tourist visa and began living with Mr Ahmed. Her visa expired on March 22, but she continued to stay with him illegally.

 

 

The matter came to light after India ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave the country following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. Minal received deportation orders and was sent to the Attari-Wagah border, but she got temporary relief from a high court. On April 29, the court allowed her to stay in India for another 10 days.

 

 

A CRPF inquiry found that Mr Ahmed had not reported his marriage or his wife’s overstaying to the authorities. Based on the findings, the force took strict action.