An incident of love jihad has come to the fore from Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district wherein Abid, posing as Bablu, lured a Hindu woman into marrying him and converted her to Islam. The victim also revealed that Abid also forced her to undergo Nikah Halala with his father. It was reported that the victim runs a beauty parlour in Bareilly’s Karmchari Nagar.
On the basis of the 30-year-old victim’s complaint, the police have registered a case against Abid, his father Raja Bhai Arif, his mother Begum and sister-in-law Soni for forcefully converting the victim to Islam. The victim informed the police that she met Abid in 2018 for the first time. She revealed that Abid introduced himself as Bablu. She also said that he wore a kalava on his wrist and sported a tilak on his forehead. He obtained her phone number and began calling her, later the two fell in love.
She also revealed that Abid established sexual relations on the pretext of marriage. The two got married in a temple in 2018. The accused also recorded the victim while engaging in sexual intercourse, which he later used to threaten and blackmail the victim. Later the victim learned that the accused is a Muslim named Abid, and not a Hindu.
She revealed to the police that Abid took her to his house, where he forced her to consume beef. He further compelled the victim to convert to Islam and have a Nikah with him, with his family members’ support. He also imposed a condition to accept the victim as his wife, that she has to undergo Nikah Halala with Abid’s father Raja Bhai Arif.
Furthermore, the victim revealed that the accused and his family kept her hostage for about four years, during which Abid raped her several times. On May 20, the victim managed to escape captivity and reached a Subhash Nagar PS and filed a complaint.
The police have said that a case has been registered based on the victim’s complaint. The police are investigating the case, and are conducting searches to nab the accused.
Notably, this is not the first love jihad incident from Bareilly reported this week. On May 31, Organiser reported a Hindu woman Dhan Devi, assuming Aalim is a Hindu, continued her friendship with him. It was reported that She used to take computer classes in Rajendra Nagar where one Mohammad Aalim was also enrolled. Aalim, a resident of Jadavpur had introduced himself as a Hindu youth Anand, he also used to tie kalawa in his hands.
On the pretext of marriage, he made a physical relationship with her. Then Aalim recorded the intimate moments of him with Devi and later started blackmailing her. He even threatened her to put up her video on the internet if she refuses to make a physical relationship with him.
In March, when the victim girl became pregnant, he informed the accused Aalim about that, though Aalim again took her to Rajrani Hotel and forced her to have physical relations with him. Growing suspicious about his activities the victim Devi shortly visited the accused house in Jadavpur where she got to know about the real identity of the accused Aalim.
As per the victim’s complaint, Aalim and his family members suggested the victim abort the infant and marry the accused after converting to Islam. However, when the victim girl did not agree to convert she was abused and thrown out of the accused house. On May 5, the accused Aalim provided Devi with an abortion kit and sent her home, though after taking the pill Devi’s health deteriorated following which the accused asked Devi to come to his place again.
When Devi reached Aalim’s house she was sent with the accused to get an abortion in a private clinic in Hafeez Ganj on May 11. After aborting the child the victim was also threatened by the accused and his family with dire consequences. They said if she ever chooses to speak about the incident to anyone they will not spare her alive. However, after a couple of weeks the victim Devi mustered some courage and registered a complaint against the accused in Deoraniya police station of Bareilly on May 29.
