CRPF dismissed jawan Munir Ahmed for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani girl and violating nationwide safety protocols.
The Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) has dismissed considered one of its jawans, Munir Ahmed, for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani girl and permitting her to overstay in India past her visa validity, citing issues over nationwide safety, official sources stated on Saturday.
Ahmed, who was final posted with the CRPF’s forty first Battalion — a key unit accountable for inner safety duties — was “dismissed from service” beneath provisions that enable removing with no formal inquiry.
“Munir Ahmed has been dismissed from service with speedy impact for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani nationwide and knowingly harbouring her past the validity of her visa. His actions have been discovered to be in violation of service conduct and detrimental to nationwide safety,” stated CRPF spokesperson Deputy Inspector Basic (DIG) M. Dhinakaran.
The wedding between Munir Ahmed and Menal Khan was reportedly solemnised through a video name on Could 24 final yr. The matter got here to gentle not too long ago after the Indian authorities ordered all Pakistani nationals to depart India in response to the Pahalgam terrorist assault, which claimed 26 lives.
A CRPF inner investigation discovered that Ahmed not solely failed to tell his division about his marriage, as required beneath service guidelines, but in addition didn’t report that his spouse had overstayed in India past her permitted period.
Officers emphasised that in delicate organizations just like the CRPF, such concealment of non-public ties to international nationals, notably from adversarial nations, is considered as a critical safety breach.
The dismissal highlights the CRPF’s strict enforcement of safety protocols and its zero-tolerance method in direction of any conduct deemed probably dangerous to nationwide pursuits.
(PTI inputs)