A case has been registered against eight people, including a police constable, over the alleged abduction and sexual exploitation of a woman, who was forced to undergo religious conversion and marriage.
In her complaint, the mother of the victim has claimed that a police constable, named Asif, who was posted at Fatehpur Kotwali in 2024, made attempts to sexually harass her daughter and even pressured her to convert to Islam, PTI reported.
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When the woman resisted, the accused is said to have lured her with financial offers. Later on, he got her in touch with Javed, a resident of Basara village working in Saudi Arabia.
Police officials said that Javed allegedly made multiple attempts to brainwash the victim through social media.
As per the complaint, after returning from Saudi Arabia, Javed then took the woman with him on January 2, raped her and forced to adopt Islam.
During this period, the woman was allegedly forced to undergo abortion twice.
A few days ago, Javed reportedly took the woman to a mazar in the Masauli area, where a cleric forcibly solemnised their ‘nikah’. He was joined by two of his relatives – Rehan and Hamza.
Based on the woman’s complaint, police has registered an FIR in connection with the matter and recorded the her statement, Additional Superintendent of Police Vikas Chandra Tripathi said.