Officer harasses Hindu-Muslim couple seeking passports; gets transferred



The regional passport office on Thursday transferred the official accused of humiliating the interfaith couple

Current Affairs News: The External Affairs Ministry has sought a report on allegations that an inter-faith couple was harassed and humiliated by an officer at a Passport Seva Kendra in Lucknow.

Responding to complaints from Mohammad Anas Siddiqui and Tanvi Seth, who wrote about their ordeal on Twitter and tagged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday, secretary, consular, passport and visa division, D M Mulay said he had asked for a report from the regional passport office in Lucknow and would take appropriate action."Regret for inconvenience. I sought report from @rpolucknow Will take appropriate action," Mulay said on Twitter last night.
Siddiqui and Seth had applied for their passports on June 19 and took an appointment for June 20 at aPassport Office in Lucknow.

They were allegedly humiliated and shamed by passport officer Vikas Mishra before he rejected their application, they said.

Inter-faith couple harassed at passport office: Husband says, 'I was told I should change my religion & take 'pheras'. Wife says, 'We hope it doesn't happen to anyone else, in 11 yrs of marriage we never faced this. Later officials apologized & we got our passports.' #Lucknow pic.twitter.com/cqTIKc50Kc
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) June 21, 2018

Siddiqui said on Twitter that he and his wife were seeking "urgent action gainst this cruelty".Subsequently, Seth received her passport on Thursday.


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