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Nitu case: AIDWA submits memorandum to Chidambaram

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NEW DELHI: The All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) has impressed upon Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to ensure that Nitu Singh — the deported scholarship student of the Film and Television Institute of India — returns from Kathmandu at the earliest so that she could complete her studies.

A memorandum submitted to Mr. Chidambaram said this was absolutely essential for her future welfare. It was significant that her parents, who were earlier opposed to her determination not to live with her husband, now fully supported her and were, in fact, helping her to obtain a divorce.

The memorandum said: “As a women’s organisation committed to upholding the rights of all women to lead a life free from violence both within and outside the home, the Maharashtra unit of our organisation was helping Nitu — who was suffering from domestic violence and harassment at the hands of her husband Amaresh Singh — for the last two years.

“She contacted the AIDWA unit in Pune because her husband made constant abusive and disturbing telephone calls and sent malicious emails in which he threatened to have her deported, and also falsely accused her of committing adultery. He also visited her a few times.

“Unfortunately, the Pune police, instead of extending support to Nitu, succumbed to her husband’s machinations and, most shockingly, facilitated her deportation to Nepal, citing completely specious ‘reasons of national security.’

“Your Ministry has made it amply clear that no such reasons, in fact, existed. This is an extremely serious misdemeanour on the part of the local police with ramifications far beyond the parameters of this particular case. Not even the slightest heed to proper procedure was paid: the FTII administration was not even informed about the deportation, leave alone consulted.

“We would request you to order an enquiry into the entire sordid affair and ensure that the guilty are given exemplary and swift punishment,” the memorandum said.

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