'SWCs ask Swaraj to devise mechanism to help women aggrieved by NRI marriages'

State women commissions have asked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to devise a mechanism to help women aggrieved by NRI marriages and create a single contact point mechanism within the ministry where they can directly go with their issues, Maharashtra Women Commission chief Vijaya Rahatkar said.

"In the last three years, over 3,300 complaints related to NRI marriage desertions have been filed. As these cases are growing, we have to take proactive measures so that guilty are punished," Rahatkar said.

She said the SWCs requested Swaraj to find a way to serve summonses to such defaulters so that swift penal action could be taken against them.

"We have also asked Swaraj to create single window mechanism where affected women can go and file their complaints," Rahatkar said in a statement. "Today they have to run from pillar to post, from one government department to other in search of justice."