Mamata Banerjee's kin gave false info for PAN & OCI cards: MHA
Bharti Jain | TNN | Apr 3, 2019, 04:13 ISTHighlights
- MHA has served a show-cause notice to wife of Mamata Banerjee's nephew for making false representation and concealing material facts
- Home ministry in its show-cause notice said it was of the opinion that her registration as OCI card holder is liable for cancellation in public interest
File photoNEW DELHI: The home ministry has served a show-cause notice to Rujira Naroola, wife of Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, for making false representation and concealing material facts while submitting documents before the competent authorities to get her 'Overseas Citizen of India' (OCI) and PAN cards.
Mentioning the discrepancies in declaration of her nationality and father's name in separate applications for PIO card, conversion of 'Person of Indian origin' (PIO) to OCI card and PAN card, the home ministry in its show-cause notice dated March 29 said it was of the opinion that her registration as OCI card holder is liable for cancellation in public interest. She has been asked to reply in 15 days as to why she had made false representations and concealed facts.
Rujira, as a Thai national, was issued PIO card by the Indian embassy in Bangkok on January 8, 2010, mentioning Niphon Naroola as her father in the card. She later applied for conversion of her PIO card to OCI card in the office of FRRO, Kolkata on November 8, 2017, submitting certificate of her marriage to Abhishek Banerjee, issued in Kolkata on February 3, 2013, as one of the supporting documents. However, she mentioned Gursharan Singh Ahuja, resident of Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, as her father in the marriage certificate.
The Central government has also learnt that Rujira had applied for PAN card on November 14, 2009, by filling Form 49A without intimating her real status as a Thai national holding OCI card and mentioning Gursharan Singh Ahuja as her father. According to the home ministry, Rujira was required to fill Form 49AA to get PAN by declaring herself as a foreigner holding OCI card. However, as per her Form 49A application, she obtained PAN card as an Indian citizen.
"The central government has examined the matter and noticed discrepancies mentioned above and is prima facie of the opinion that registration of Ms Rujira Naroola as an OCI card holder is liable for cancellation in the interest of general public under sub-clauses (a) & (e) of Section 7D of the Citizenship Act, 1965," the ministry stated.
Mentioning the discrepancies in declaration of her nationality and father's name in separate applications for PIO card, conversion of 'Person of Indian origin' (PIO) to OCI card and PAN card, the home ministry in its show-cause notice dated March 29 said it was of the opinion that her registration as OCI card holder is liable for cancellation in public interest. She has been asked to reply in 15 days as to why she had made false representations and concealed facts.
Rujira, as a Thai national, was issued PIO card by the Indian embassy in Bangkok on January 8, 2010, mentioning Niphon Naroola as her father in the card. She later applied for conversion of her PIO card to OCI card in the office of FRRO, Kolkata on November 8, 2017, submitting certificate of her marriage to Abhishek Banerjee, issued in Kolkata on February 3, 2013, as one of the supporting documents. However, she mentioned Gursharan Singh Ahuja, resident of Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, as her father in the marriage certificate.
The Central government has also learnt that Rujira had applied for PAN card on November 14, 2009, by filling Form 49A without intimating her real status as a Thai national holding OCI card and mentioning Gursharan Singh Ahuja as her father. According to the home ministry, Rujira was required to fill Form 49AA to get PAN by declaring herself as a foreigner holding OCI card. However, as per her Form 49A application, she obtained PAN card as an Indian citizen.
"The central government has examined the matter and noticed discrepancies mentioned above and is prima facie of the opinion that registration of Ms Rujira Naroola as an OCI card holder is liable for cancellation in the interest of general public under sub-clauses (a) & (e) of Section 7D of the Citizenship Act, 1965," the ministry stated.
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