Who is Gurmeet Singh? Indian-origin man whose US citizenship was revoked on charges of rape: What we know
The Justice Department on Monday announced that the US revoked Indian-origin man Gurmeet Singh’s citizenship after he was convicted of rape and kidnapping. Singh concealed the crimes during his naturalisation process in 2011 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Gurmeet Singh, an Indian-born man, had his US citizenship revoked on Monday amid allegations of rape. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Singh, who arrived in the US on a visitor visa in 1992, was convicted in 2014 of rape and kidnapping in the first degree. The incident occurred when he, a taxi driver at the time, drove a female passenger to her East Village apartment and then assaulted her.
Singh concealed these acts during his naturalization process, leading to his citizenship revocation in October 2011. He is currently serving a 20-year sentence at Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill. The DOJ's Civil Division emphasized that Singh's actions did not protect him from justice and vowed to uphold the integrity of the citizenship process.
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