Runaway NRI grooms now risk losing their passports
Saturday, February 05, 2011
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/runaway-nri-grooms-now-risk-losing-their-passports/746244/
All those NRI grooms who have deserted their brides and fled from the country can escape no more, as a foolproof system under Passport Act, 1967, has been set in place by Jalandhar Passport Office. It is the first system of its kind in the country and will go a long way in helping women who marry NRIs but end up being deserted.
According to National Commission for Women and Ministry of Women and Child Development, of the 30,000 women deserted by NRI husbands, 15,000 are from Punjab’s Doaba region.
Jalandhar Passport Office started a Women’s Grievance section (WGS) on Friday. In this section, complaints would be received from the girls, who could not catch hold of their NRI grooms in foreign countries after being deserted, and the passport authority will ‘impound’ the passport of the offender in accordance with the provision laid down in section 10 (3) of Passport Act, 1967 after issuing showcause notice to the offender.
