Awry Indo-Bangla love story from Jordan reaches Lucknow

LUCKNOW: A Bangladeshi woman engaged to a man from Kushinagar but dumped by him landed at Amausi airport on Sunday in search of her missing “life-partner”. The duo got engaged while being employed in an

MNC

in

Jordan

.


Initially disheartened by the response of the Indian authorities, the woman broke down several times while narrating her ordeal to airport officials, CISF personnel and curious onlookers before Lucknow police finally reached out to help her.

Identifying herself as a native of

Bangladesh

, Reshma (name changed) got off a flight from Kolkata in search of Rajendra Gupta (name changed) hailing from Kushinagar. Reshma told the police that the two had met in Jordan while they became friends. Their relationship blossomed into love and they decided to tie knot, she said.

However, things suddenly changed for Reshma in November when Rajendra decided to fly back to India.

“He told me that since he belongs to an orthodox Hindu family, he is heading home to convince his family in Kushinagar to accept me as their daughter-in-law. But a few days after he left, I came to know that he had resigned from the job,” she told airport officials.

Reshma claimed that Rajendra stopped taking her calls and responding to her messages and mails a couple of days after he reached home.

“One day, he took my call and when I questioned him about his behaviour, he asked me to come over to Kolkata and promised that he will meet me there. I reached Kolkata after informing him about my journey details only to discover that he was not there and was not receiving my calls as well,” Reshma said.

When she sought help from authorities in Kolkata, she was directed to Lucknow.

Help finally came to her from

airport police

outpost in charge sub-inspector JP Singh.

“I came to know that a woman was weeping at the airport and looking for someone who has failed to turn up. When I heard her ordeal, I decided to help her,” Singh told TOI. On the telephone number provided by Reshma, Singh called up Rajendra. The call was received by his brother.

“I told him I am sending Reshma along with women police personnel to Kushinagar to meet Rajendra. I told them to find out the truth and resolve the issue,” he said, adding that if Reshma was harassed, then proper action would be initiated against the accused if she files a written complaint.