Chandigarh: Haryana’s Indian Nationwide Lok Dal (INLD) has written to the US Division of Justice to “warning” it towards individuals utilizing the political occasion’s identify to say persecution and search asylum in America.
In a ten June letter to the US federal authorities, Nachhatar Singh Malhan, workplace secretary of INLD’s headquarters in Chandigarh, wrote that “numerous individuals from Haryana are submitting cast paperwork for getting asylum within the USA”. ThePrint has seen the letter.
“They’re dwelling within the USA with none legitimate paperwork and to get citizenship of your nation they get ready cast paperwork within the identify of the Indian Nationwide Lok Dal, which is a regional political occasion of Haryana (India),” the letter stated, including {that a} “hefty sum” was charged for forging such paperwork.
The INLD, nevertheless, has admitted to having issued two letters for asylum, the newest being this month.
When contacted, Malhan stated that it had come to the occasion’s discover that individuals claiming to be office-bearers had been submitting letters claiming they might face persecution from the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP). He added that some “little-known political events” in India make it a follow of issuing such letters.
“I’ve cautioned the US Division of Justice towards the misuse of our occasion’s identify by way of pretend letters for submitting asylum purposes,” he advised ThePrint.
The INLD’s letter comes shut on the heels of an alleged pretend admission letters rip-off. The alleged racket got here to mild in March when media reviews stated 700 Indian college students might face deportation after they obtained false letters of admission.
The prime suspect, recognized as Jalandhar-based journey agent, Brijesh Mishra, has been arrested within the case.
(Edited by Uttara Ramaswamy)
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