An American court docket has given a harsh punishment to an Indian-American couple. The couple has been sentenced to jail for luring the relative to America by promising him admission at school and forcing him to work at their fuel station and departmental retailer for greater than three years. The court docket has sentenced Harmanpreet Singh (31) to 135 months (11.25 years) and Kulbir Kaur (43) to 87 months (7.25 years) in jail. The court docket has additionally requested to pay compensation of about Rs 1.87 crore to the cousin and the sufferer. The couple is now divorced.
False guarantees have been made
Assistant Lawyer Normal Kristen Clarke of the Justice Division’s Civil Rights Division stated, “The accused took benefit of their relationship with the sufferer and made false guarantees to convey him to America that they’d assist him get admission at school.” He stated, “The defendants confiscated the sufferer’s immigration paperwork and threatened, used bodily power, and mentally tortured him to power him to work lengthy hours at minimal wage.”
The sentence ought to ship a robust message
Lawyer Normal Kristen Clarke stated, “This sentence ought to ship a robust message that any such pressured labor won’t be tolerated in our communities.” The Justice Division stated that proof introduced at trial confirmed that in 2018, the defendants lured the sufferer, who was a minor on the time, to return to the US from India by falsely promising to assist him get enrolled at school.
