Dismissed CRPF trooper to move court for justice

The CRPF trooper, dismissed from service for allegedly concealing his marriage with a Pakistani woman, has decided to approach the court for justice. Munir Ahmad, a resident of Gharotra in Jammu, who had married his Pakistani cousin Minal Khan in May 2024, claimed he had informed the CRPF headquarters about his marriage and solemnised it nearly a month after getting permission.“Only after getting permission from the CRPF headquarters, our families decided to go ahead with the marriage online without waiting for the visa formalities as the condition of my father, a cancer patient, had deteriorated. His treatment was borne by CRPF,” said Munir, who also showed documents to the media at a press conference.

Munir’s personal life hit the limelight following the Pahalgam attack, when all Pakistani nationals were asked to leave the country. Khan arrived in J&K on February 28 this year on a short-term visa and they applied for a long-term visa (LTV). They had submitted documents and completed all formalities for LTV. However, following the Pahalgam attack, after the deportation order, Munir moved the High Court of J&K and Ladakh, which provided relief and stayed his wife’s deportation at the last moment on April 30.

“My wife is the daughter of my maternal uncle, who migrated from Jammu to Pakistan during partition in 1947. We didn’t meet through social media or fall in love online. This is fabricated,” said Munir, who joined CRPF in 2017. He has appealed to the PM , home minister Amit Shah and CRPF to take a relook at his case. Munir claims he made the first correspondence with his seniors regarding his plans to marry a Pak national on December 31, 2022.