CRPF constable dismissed from service for ‘concealing marriage’ to Pakistani woman

A bus carrying Pakistani nationals who were living in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri. File
| Photo Credit: PTI

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Saturday said that a constable has been dismissed from service for “concealing his marriage to a Pakistani national”.

The CRPF said that “in a matter of serious concern”, constable Munir Ahmed of the CRPF’s 41 Battalion had been dismissed from service with immediate effect for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani national, and knowingly harbouring her in India beyond the period of validity of her visa.

“His actions were found to be in violation of service conduct and detrimental to national security,” the CRPF said

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Mr. Ahmed’s wife, Minal Khan, was among the list of Pakistani nationals whose visas were revoked and who were asked to leave India by April 27 in the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.

Mr. Ahmed had sought permission from the CRPF in 2023 to marry Ms. Khan, a resident of Sialkot, Pakistan. The constable, however, went ahead and married her online on May 24, 2024 before the CRPF could respond to his request. Later, another marriage ceremony was held in Jammu.

Mr. Ahmed’s wife arrived in India in 2024 on a short-term visa that expired on March 22.

As she was being taken to the Attari land port in Punjab for deportation to Pakistan, her husband moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, which on April 29 granted an interim stay on the deportation till the writ petition was disposed of. The next date of hearing in the case is May 14.