By IANS
Hissar (Haryana) : A US based non-resident Indian (NRI) has been arrested here by the police for bigamy.
Nitin Kumar was arrested from a hotel Tuesday along with his new wife, Daljit Kaur of Sangrur town in Punjab.
Kumar’s other family members — mother Tarawanti, sister Sonia and brother Ravi — were also arrested.
The arrests followed a complaint by Kumar’s first wife Divya, who came to know about the second marriage.
Divya told the police that Kumar, whom she had married two years ago, had refused to arrange a US visa for her as she and her family had failed to meet his dowry demand of Rs.2.5 million.
He was demanding the money to purchase a house in California where he was living. She said that her family had earlier given him Rs.125,000 but he demanded more.
Kumar then reportedly went in for a second marriage without legally ending the first one.
His second wife Daljit Kaur told the police that she and her family did not know that Kumar was already married. The police handed her over to her family members.
Divya said she would not go to the US with Kumar after this episode, as she was afraid he would harass her.