Inter-faith couple insulted at Lucknow passport office, tweet Sushma Swaraj

An inter-faith couple have said they were harassed at Lucknow's Ratan Square passport office.

Tanvi Seth said an official — she named him as Vikas Mishra — told her there was a problem with her file since she had married a Muslim but retained her maiden name. Seth added that Mishra shouted at her and insulted her in front of everybody else there.

Seth's husband Mohammad Anas Siddiqui said he was told he should change his religion and take "pheras".

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Seth promptly tweeted Minister of External Affairs Sushma Seth, who is known to be adept Twitter.

"I type this tweet with immense faith in justice and in you and ironically with a lot of anger / hurt and agony in my heart because of the way I was treated at the Lucknow passport office at Ratan Square by Mr. Vikas Mishra," Tavi said.

"... because I married a Muslim and not changed my name ever. He spoke to me very rudely and was loud enough for others to hear while discussing my case. I have never felt so harassed ever before. The other workers at the office acknowledged his rude demeanour," she added.

The regional passport officer promptly wrote back to her, saying, "We assure proper investigation and appropriate action. We will contact you tomorrow positively.

On Thursday morning, he said Tanvi and Anas had received their passports.

And that Mishra had been issued a show-cause notice

News reports added that he had been transferred.