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Indian protests US divorce laws

An Indian businessman has written to United States President Bill Clinton, protesting against American divorce laws that recently nullified his marriage.

Alok Nanda, an interior designer, married Gurmeet Kaur Chadha on January 8, 1997, at an Arya Samaj Mandir in New Delhi. But the girl's parents objected to the marriage.

Her father, an influential businessman running several restaurants and banquet halls, allegedly slapped a series of criminal cases and got Nanda entangled on charges of kidnapping, extortion, forgery and threats of committing murder.

Allegedly under parental pressure, Gurmeet has now obtained divorce papers from the McKinney district court in Texas.

"Anyone from any corner of the world who is capable of staying in the United States from three months to two years can take a divorce, according to US laws, irrespective of how many atrocities he or she may have committed on the spouse," said Nanda.

He has now floated an association of victims of foreign law. And plans to gather like-minded people under its banner one of these days. Nanda also plans a demonstration outside the US embassy in New Delhi.

UNI

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