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Jitender Singh of Delhi never stopped chasing the girl he wanted to marry even after she spurned his marriage proposal when both of them were studying in college in Delhi in 2006.
Last week, 32-year-old Singh, who followed the woman to New York where she came in 2007 to attend school, and then moved to Texas where she worked, was sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted by a jury in Collin County, Texas, on charges of burglary of a habitation and fraudulent use of information, ending the woman’s decade-long stalking nightmare by Singh.
The Dallas Morning News which reported the conviction and sentence April 30 in the stalking case of the woman, whose name was not revealed, said Singh of Los Angeles had been stalking the woman for nearly a decade, threatening her as she moved from India to several cities in the United States.
The report said quoting prosecutors that when the woman moved to New York in 2007 to attend school, he followed her all the way from Delhi and tried to enroll in the same university the woman was attending in New York, but was denied admission. The university obtained a criminal trespass order prohibiting him from the campus.
Later on, the woman took an internship in California, and Singh followed her to find out where she lived. The report said that Singh went to her home, demanding to see her. When she refused, he told her, according to prosecutors, that she won’t be able to hide from him and that he will always find her. The harassment continued even after she returned to New York to finish school.
In 2011, when the woman moved to Plano, Texas, to work for an information technology company, Singh continued to harass her through phone calls and other electronic means, the report said quoting prosecutors.
Singh even created a false credit monitoring service account in her name to learn where she lived in Plano and then broke into her apartment by persuading a locksmith to open the door and took away her passport, social security card and other documents as well as several pieces of jewelry. Singh was arrested by Plano police from the parking lot of her apartment complex with her stolen personal belongings when a suspicious neighbor called 911.
The report said that prior to his conviction in the U.S., Singh was convicted in India on charges related to the harassment, threats and assault.
After his sentencing last month, Defense attorney Joe Padian said, they would appeal the sentence. “While we respect the jury’s service, we were disappointed with the sentence, and we do intend to appeal,” Padian was quoted as saying.
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