Husband of deported Nepali student claims allegations false

The young influential Nepali politician who is alleged to have played a role in the deportation of his wife from India has claimed that he is being falsely vilified as part of a pre-planned campaign.

Updated on: Jan 6, 2010, 12:40:06 IST

Hindustan Times | By Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu

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The young influential Nepali politician who is alleged to have played a role in the deportation of his wife from India has claimed that he is being falsely vilified as part of a pre-planned campaign.

Returning to Nepal from New Delhi on Monday, Amresh Singh claimed he had no role in deportation of his estranged wife Neetu Singh, a final year student of Pune’s Film and Television Institute of India, who was sent back to Nepal last month by the local police for indulging in ‘anti-Indian activities’.

“This is a premeditated campaign aimed at vilifying me. I have been unnecessarily victimized. My only crime is that I am a politician and there are people out there to get me,” the Kathmandu Post quoted him as saying.

A former lawmaker and leader of the ruling Nepali Congress, Singh is pursuing his PhD at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. The couple had got married three years ago in a big ceremony which was attended by several eminent politicians and ministers.

Contrary to reports, which accused him of influencing the Pune police to deport his wife, Singh stated that it was in fact Neetu’s family that wanted her to come back to Nepal.

He also showed reporters two letters—one in Hindi and another in English—reportedly written by Neetu’s father Ram Suresh Prasad Singh to the Pune police commissioner seeking his help ‘to get his daughter back’.

Singh further stated that relations between him and the couple soured after Neetu started having an affair with another man and even her family was worried that he had got into “bad activities”.

The letter in English was reportedly sent by Neetu’s father in August last year followed by a fax in Hindi in December asking the police commissioner to send his daughter back home as she had been “out of touch with the family”.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Utpal Parashar
A seasoned senior journalist, I have nearly three decades of experience across print, digital, and online platforms, covering political transitions, insurgencies, environmental issues, and development stories in India and Nepal. I am skilled in breaking news, leading editorial teams and launch of newspaper editions. I am adept at leveraging digital trends and social media to expand global reach, with a strong ethical foundation and a reputation for impactful journalism. An alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, I joined Hindustan Times in New Delhi as a trainee reporter in May 1997. Over the years, I have been posted in Dehradun, Kathmandu (Nepal) and Guwahati. Currently, as Senior Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times, I lead a team reporting on India’s northeastern states. My work involves in-depth analysis, and engaging multimedia storytelling across formats, including text, photo, video, and interactive content. I am skilled in producing timely, shareable content, leveraging digital platforms and social media to engage global audiences. Throughout my career with the Hindustan Times, I have led diverse editorial teams, designed capacity-building activities, and supported reporters in developing strong story ideas, ethical reporting practices, digital skills, and fact-checking techniques. As Senior Assistant Editor for Northeast India, I have been responsible for guiding correspondents through complex political, humanitarian, and community-level stories using multimedia formats. Earlier, as Foreign Correspondent in Nepal, I produced extensive reporting during Nepal’s democratic transition and the 2015 earthquake and its aftermath.Read More

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