NRI (and his elderly parents) arrested for

NRI (and his elderly parents) arrested for (allegedly ??) demanding dowry

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27 Oct 2007, 0053 hrs IST ,Gur Kirpal Singh Ashk, TNN

PATIALA:

Taking a bold step, a doctor girl here on Friday refused to marry an NRI who was demanding dowry. Not only this, her family members and relatives taught them a lesson by handing them over to the police.

The whole episode took place at Chahal Palace here, venue of the marriage, where Amitoz was to marry Gurpreet Singh, a doctor from Pennsylvania, USA. The marriage party consisting of around 40 persons reached the venue and raised a demand of Rs 50 lakh. When the girl's family expressed their inability in paying the amount, they threatened to call off the marriage. Meanwhile, Amitoz came to know about the demand and flatly refused to marry him.

Girl's family also reported the matter to police. In presence of the police both parties scuffled and later groom, his father and mother were arrested. Gurbachan Singh (father of the bride) told TOI that last night they went to village Kaddon (groom's village), Doraha, with the request that they can't fulfil their demand overnight, but they refused to talk. "Later, we received a message saying that the marriage is still on. We were under an impression that they had given up the demand," he said.

SP (city) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said a case has been registered against Gurpreet Singh, his father Bhajan Singh and mother Harjit Kaur under Dowry Act.

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