Centre gets notice over CRPF constable’s termination after marriage to Pak national

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Thursday, May 29, sent notices to the Centre and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), after former constable Munir Ahmed challenged his termination order, issued on May 3, following his marriage to a Pakistani national.

Former CRPF constable Munir Ahmed married Menal Khan on May 24 last year. Menal entered India on a visit visa, which was valid till February 28. She had applied for a long-term visa on March 4, which had since remained



pending.

After the April 24th Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan shot up. The Indian government ordered all Pakistani nationals, on short-term visas, to leave the country before April 29.

However, on May 3, Munir Ahmed was arbitrarily terminated from the CRPF. According to his superiors, Ahmed failed to inform them about his nikkah and claimed his actions were “arbitrary, capricious, whimsical and detrimental to national security.”