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Haryana Gangster Granted Parole for Wedding to Cambodian Partner
Mainpal Dhilla is a prisoner serving a life sentence in Haryana.
He has been allowed to leave the jail under supervision for 12 hours.
He will use that time to marry Meta Chan, who is from Cambodia.
The wedding will happen at a farmhouse near the jail.
Chan has come to India with three of their four children.
Their fourth child remains in Cambodia.
Dhilla originally met Chan after fleeing to Cambodia during an earlier parole period.
After he returns from the wedding, he will be taken back to jail.
Mainpal Dhilla, serving a life sentence in Haryana, received 12-hour custody parole for his wedding.
The wedding is scheduled at a farmhouse near the jail from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
His Cambodian partner, Meta Chan, arrived in India with three of their four children.
Dhilla has 22 registered cases, including murder, and was convicted in three cases from 2007 and 2010.
He fled India in 2018, was arrested in Cambodia in July 2025, and extradited to India in September last year.
- Who
- Mainpal Dhilla and his Cambodian partner, Meta Chan, are involved; Chan's three children are also attending.
- What
- Dhilla has received 12-hour custody parole to marry Chan.
- Where
- The wedding will take place at a farmhouse near the jail in Haryana's Jhajjar area.
- When
- The wedding is scheduled for today, with parole from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Dhilla was arrested in Cambodia in July 2025 and extradited in September last year.
- Why
- The parole was granted so Dhilla could complete his wedding rituals before returning to jail.
Key facts
- Prisoner
- Mainpal Dhilla, a life-term prisoner
- Bride
- Meta Chan of Cambodia
- Parole period
- 12 hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Wedding location
- A farmhouse near the jail in Jhajjar
- Children attending
- Three of the couple's four children
- Criminal cases
- Twenty-two cases are registered against Dhilla, including murder
- Extradition history
- Arrested in Cambodia in July 2025 and extradited to India in September last year
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