Uttar Pradesh: Roshan Ali posed as Roshan Lal to marry a Hindu woman in temple; had conversion nikah after Vidai

Earlier this week, the father of a 19-year-old woman, Lakshmi Kumari filed a complaint against one Roshan Ali. The complainant, Kamlesh, alleged that his family accepted Lakshmi’s marriage to Roshan, as he introduced himself as Roshan Lal. Now they have found that Roshan belongs to another religion and has converted their daughter to Islam.

Kamlesh’s family are natives of the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, whereas the accused belongs to the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh.

Both families were living in Delhi’s Rajauri garden area. Lakshmi came in touch with Roshan, who worked as a local flower vendor. He managed to lure Lakhsmi and took her to Mumbai. It was on the family’s request that they returned.

Roshan and Lakshmi had a proper Hindu wedding, and pictures of the same are getting viral on social media. However, after vidai, Lakshmi went to Hardoi with Roshan, where he converted her to Islam and has nikah as per Islam.

Following this, Kamlesh registered a complaint against Roshan and six others.

As per the First Information Report (number–349/2023) was registered at the Sursa police station of the Hardoi district on July 10. As per the FIR, all the accused have been booked under the Uttar Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021.

In his complaint, Kamlesh Bansal told police that he is from Kishunganj village in Madhya Pradesh and belongs to schedule caste. The accused, Roshan runs a flower shop, outside 830 Market in Delhi. His daughter, Lakshmi used to visit the temple regularly and there she came in touch with him. Roshan managed to lure her to his fake love trap.

On June 18, 2023, they eloped to Mumbai, Kamlesh found only after his daughter contacted her. He asked her to return, as he himself will arrange her wedding with Roshan. On July 21, the duo returned from Mumbai to Delhi.

On the same day, June 21, Lakshmi and Roshan had their wedding at Kothi Jhandewala temple, near the Karol Bagh area in Delhi. The wedding concluded as per Hindu rituals. The same day, they left for Rampur village in Uttar Pradesh.

On July 6, Kamlesh received a call from Bajrang Dal activists, who informed him about Lakshmi’s conversion to Islam. He added, on July 5, Lakshmi was converted to Islam and underwent a nikah after it.

On reaching Rampur, Kamlesh found Roshan belongs to the Muslim community and he has converted his daughter to Islam. Later, this complaint was filed.

Kamlesh mentioned Roshan Ali son of Naseeruddin, Lal Mohammad son of Rafat and five unknown people in the FIR.

Organiser called the Station House Officer, Sursa, Dharmendra Kumar Singh on July 16 who informed that prime accused Roshan Ali was arrested on July 12. The officer added the victim’s statement under section 164 of the CrPC is yet to be recorded.

Asked why no sections of the Prevention of Atrocities Act were imposed against the culprit, Singh said, the victim’s family did not attack the caste certificate and said they do not have any copy.

On July 15, this correspondent called Kamlesh, the victim’s father who accepted that his daughter eloped with Roshan. He said, Roshan posed as a Hindu man and lured his daughter, he married her in a temple and now it is revealed that he is a Mulsim.

Learning the whole truth, Kamlesh brought his daughter back home. When this correspondent asked him to give the phone to his daughter, Lakshmi, he said, he was out for work.

Kamlesh belongs to Basor jati and uses Bansal as surname, he said, he belongs to the schedule caste.

Kamlesh works as a daily wage labourer and lived in Delhi with his family. He has two daughters, one if 19-year-old and the other is 16.

“Madam, Roshad had a decent income, and my daughter wanted to marry him, after learning he is a Hindu, we agreed. I have no idea if Lakshmi was aware of his religion or not,” told Kamlesh.

Currently, they were in their village in Madhya Pradesh. He said strict action should be taken against such fraudsters.

Organiser has been reporting such cases in large numbers and shockingly, this is not the only case following such pattern.

In February 2023, a case was reported from Haridwar, the holy city in Uttarakhand where Azhar Ahmed posed as Rahul to marry a Hindu woman. After nine years of their marriage, the victim found she was living with a Muslim man. The truth came out after she accidentally found an Aaadhar Card at home. It had her husband’s (Rahul’s) photograph but the name mentioned was Azhar Ahmad. A First Information Report (number—41/2023) was registered at the Kankhal police station on 30 January 2023.

Notably, Rahul and Sonia had married each other in a temple. Rahul used to wear kalawa, put Tilak and even visited the temple, accepted Prashad from Ganga Arti, and allowed the woman to keep Karwachauth fast as well.

This correspondent reported a case back in July 2022 where a woman, Rachna Solanki filed a police complaint against her husband Amit Kumar Singh who was actually Ikrar Qureshi. She found the truth nine years after their marriage. Ikrar had two Adhar Cards and had his name printed on the wedding invitation as Amit Kumar. The first information report (number 354/2022) was registered at Jagdishpura police station of Agra district in UP on 18 June 2022. The couple did Diwali pooja together and went to various temples. Rachna says she is an ardent follower of Lord Hanuman. Amit accompanied her to temples.

Rachna informed this correspondent last week, that Amit alias Ikrar is released on bail.

On March 2023, Organiser reported a case from Haridwar, the holy city in Uttarakhand where Mohammad Shoaib posed as Sachin to trap a Hindu woman from the Harijan community. Later forced her to convert. A First Information Report (number–108/2023) was registered at the Pathri police station of the Haridwar District on March 1. The man asked the woman to remove the OmM symbol tattooed on her hands.

In March 2022, Organiser reported a similar case from Uttar Pradesh where Rashid posed as Raju Mishra to trap a Hindu woman. Rashid had two Adhar Cards with these names, told the victim. The woman was later converted to Islam and her name was changed to Mahi Khan. After converting the woman and exploiting her sexually Rashid left her saying, he has converted a Kaafir Hindu to Islam which is equal to ‘Ek Haj ka Sawab’.

In April 2023, Organiser reported another case from Bazpur, Uttarakhand where Liaqat posed as Samar to trap a Hindu woman Jashoda. After torturing her he made he convert to Islam. A First Information Report (number–185/2023) was registered at the Bazpur police station of the Udham Singh Nagar district. The woman belonged to the Brahmin caste.

In May 2022, this correspondent covered a case from the Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh where a Hindu woman underwent conversion and Halala after she was trapped by a man named Mohammad Imran, who posed as Raju Jatav. The first information report (FIR) in the case (number 0/2022) was registered at a woman’s police station in MP’s Gwalior district on 23 April. The woman identified as Hemlata Joshi told me that, Raju married her at Sheetla Mata temple in Gwalior, as per Hindu rituals. “They would tell me that worshipping murtis is worthless and only Allah can show the path to Jannat,” she said.

In June 2022, this correspondent covered a case from the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh. Here a woman doctor claimed that the accused, Nehal Khan posed as a Hindu to trap and sexually exploit her. She told me that, Nehal lived like a Hindu with her. He visited temples with her and followed all rituals and festivals. It was difficult to believe that he was Muslim. Nehal started forcing Priya to convert to Islam. He told her, “Convert right away. Soon when this Modi-Yogi government loses power, the Taliban will take over this country and everyone in India will convert to Islam.” Priya confronted him by saying, “How will they come to our country? How can you say this being a citizen of this country? Does this mean you support terrorism?”

In December 2021, this correspondent covered a case from the Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Here the accused forced his pregnant Hindu woman to convert to Islam despite marrying at an Arya Samaj Temple. As per the wedding certificate, the accused Faheem Qureshi converted and became Raj Arya to marry the woman Pratibha Soni. An FIR (number 1082/2021) filed at City Kotwali police station in Sultanpur on 27 November was registered in this case. “He told me that Yogi Sarkar is going after Muslim men marrying Hindu women, so it was best for both of us to marry in a temple as Hindus,” told Pratibha.

Readers can go through this list compiled by Organiser, where we have compiled as many as 30 such cases.