Indian awarded 19-yr jail term in US for stalking

Washington

Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced the sentence for Jitender Singh on Wednesday. According to Willis, Singh first met his victim while they both attended college in Delhi. He asked the victim to marry him in 2006, but she refused, which sparked Singh’s anger.

He began following the victim home and threatened her with violence. Authorities say he continued his harassment and assaulted the woman’s father in India. Singh was convicted, but made an  agreement with authorities to stay away from the victim. but in 2007, the victim left India to study at a New York university. Singh eventually travelled to New York, where he attempted to enroll at the same university as the victim but failed. When the victim moved to California for an internship, he followed. When she moved back to New York, Singh followed. An information technology company hired the victim, and she moved to Plano in 2011.

Between 2011 and 2014, Singh harassed the victim through phone calls and other electronic means. In 2014, Singh located the victim’s address in Plano by falsely creating a credit monitoring service account in her  name. While she was away, Singh travelled to Plano and broke into her home by convincing a locksmith to unlock her door. Singh took her passport, social security card and other documents as well as several pieces of her jewellery.

A suspicious neighbour called Plano police which located Singh in the parking lot of the victim’s apartment and arrested him.