Picture used for illustration. A CRPF personnel stands guard as Vacationers ready for vechile on the banks of Dal Lake on Thursday 24 April 2025.
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IMRAN NISSAR
The Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) has dismissed from service its jawan, Munir Ahmed, for “concealing” his marriage with a Pakistani girl and knowingly harbouring her past the validity of her visa, saying his actions had been detrimental to nationwide safety, officers knowledgeable on Saturday.
The jawan was final posted with the forty first battalion of the CRPF, the lead inner safety drive of the nation.
His motion has been categorised as “grave misconduct” and he has been “dismissed from service” below the principles that don’t require conducting an enquiry, official sources informed PTI.
“Munir Ahmed has been dismissed from service with instant impact for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani nationwide and knowingly harbouring her past the validity of her visa.
“His actions had been discovered to be in violation of service conduct and detrimental to nationwide safety,” CRPF spokesperson Deputy Inspector Basic (DIG) M Dhinakaran stated.
Ahmed’s marriage with Menal Khan got here to mild after India requested Pakistani nationals to depart the nation as a part of the diplomatic measures taken within the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, wherein 26 individuals, largely vacationers, had been killed.
Khan’s deportation, nevertheless, was stayed by a courtroom just a few days in the past.
The 2 received married over a video name on Could 24 final 12 months and Ahmed intimated his organisation in regards to the stated “nikah” on October 14, 2024.
A CRPF probe discovered that the jawan had “not intimated” the authorities formally previous to his marriage ceremony as was required. Additionally, he didn’t inform about his spouse’s “overstaying” on an expired visa in India to the authorities involved.
Khan entered India by way of the Wagah-Attari border on February 28 and her short-term visa ended on March 22. Until that point, she stayed at Ahmed’s residence in Jammu, the officers stated.
The CRPF stated she overstayed on an expired visa and Ahmed “continued to supply shelter to her and harboured a Pakistani nationwide, compromising with the safety of the State”.
The CRPF authority “dismissed” the jawan with instant impact on Friday with out conducting a proper enquiry, a provision out there below Article 311(2)(b) of the Structure, learn with the related CRPF guidelines, the officers stated.
Revealed on Could 4, 2025
