Fake marriages with NRIs |
Looking into frequent frauds in marriages of resident Indians with NRIs, a parliamentary panel is set to recommend measures such as a special cell in the external affairs ministry to look into complaints, and international treaties to bring NRI spouses back to India so that they can be tried under Indian laws. Other suggestions on the table of the Petition Committee of the Rajya Sabha include one that certificates for such marriages include the social security number of the NRI spouse, besides creation of exclusive cells in every Indian high commission and embassy to provide legal assistance in the countries where the spouse lives.Activists classify frauds into three broad categories. One frequent complaint is about instances in which an NRI man marries in India for dowry and then returns abroad, after which the bride never sees him again. In other cases, the bride does go abroad but finds the groom already married, or she is harassed and in some cases becomes a victim of trafficking.
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