First Love Jihad complaint under amended law filed in Surat city

Surat: Dindoli Police Station here has filed the first case of “Love Jihad” in the city on Thursday- 12th August 2021.

In this Love Jihad case, a 51-year-old Muslim man married a 22-year-old Hindu female allegedly by giving fake identity as a Hindu man employed in the railways and later cheated her relatives of Rs 13.70 lakh by giving enticement of providing jobs in railways. The accused allegedly forced the Hindu female to adopt Islam, perform Namaz and wear a Burqa after his identity was revealed.

As per a complaint an accused Shaikh Mohammed Akhtar Shaikh Mohammed Samat Ali had introduced himself to victim complainant woman as a Hindu man R.K. Verma working in the railways. They got married as per Hindu rituals in the year 2019 at Kadodara Hanumanji mandir. The accused didn’t register their marriage at that time.

The original identity of the accused was revealed to the victim woman one and a half month ago after seeing his Aadhar Card. Then, he forced her to adopt Islam and threatened to kill her and her family and escape with their son if she reveals his religious identity to anyone. The victim woman had later found that the accused was already married to another woman. He had also forced her to perform Namaz and wear a burqa before a few days when she was alone at home.

The victim woman had complained about her sufferings three months ago at Dindoli Police station but the police had not filed a crime. Dindoli Police finally filed a complaint on last Thursday after Hindu Jagran Manch pressured the police for the same by protesting at the police station. DeshGujarat