Fraudulent NRI marriages would require awareness among the masses and in such cases, police require to sensitively investigate the cases according to the procedure under laws, said Director General of Police Surendra Sinh while inaugurating seminar on ‘Fraudulent NRI marriages’ in the State capital on Tuesday. DGP Sinh said that National Commission for Woman has provided some guidelines for marriage with NRI and these important points of these guidelines should be promoted more and more and especially girl require to be made aware regarding the subject and guidelines.
He said that for spreading the message, members of National Service Scheme, students and other Non-Government Organisations should be encouraged to help in the cause. The seminar was organised by crime against woman cell of the police. In the seminar, the victims shared their sufferings. Additional Director of General (CID) GP Singh said that the fraudulent marriages by NRI are solved with the help of Interpol in which the notices are issues and executed and arrests are made. In India, CBI is nodal agency of Interpol and in State, CID is nodal agency.
Inspector General of Police (ATS) said that the marriages through matrimonial sites and facebook accounts are done in haste and should be seen with suspicion. The victims should lodge a case in her country. Additional Director General of Police (Crime against Woman) provided details of frauds committed by NRI’s in marriages and at the same time, she claimed that the number of frauds in NRI’s marriages is very less in the State, which is a satisfactory fact, but still prevention is better than cure should be the attitude and awareness regarding the frauds should be updated which would help in protecting from such fraudsters.
She emphasised on the spreading of information of such types of crimes would help in shielding against those crimes and protect the gullible girls. Woman ADSP, senior police officers, woman officials posted with different woman cells, woman professors of colleges and representative of NGO were provided with legal procedures.