Monday, April 9, 2007

Bigamy: Indian In Trouble After Marrying A Filipina

(Yahoo News) - An NRI hailing from Philippines has been booked for bigamy and allegedly demanding dowry. Reportedly, Sanjiv Bathla, an NRI from Philippines, who hails from Baghawala Mohalla in Shahkot, came to India 2006 and married one Rajni Arora of Sultanpur Lodhi on September 30, 2006. However, he concealed the fact that he was already married in Philippines.

Rajni, in her complaint, mentioned that Sanjiv had taken her to a fair on the occasion of Gurpurb in November last year and from there he took her to her mother's place and left her there on the pretext that he will come the next day to take her to Shahkot. She also alleged that before going to the fair, Sanjiv took all her jewellery, saying that it would be unsafe to wear it at the fair.

But Sanjiv never turned up after that and when enquires were made from his family and relatives, it came to light that he had already left for the Philippines and that he was already married there.

Rajni approached SSP Rakesh Aggarwal, after which the police lodged a complaint against Sanjiv and seven others, including his mother Prakashwati. Two arrests have been made in the case.

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