The latest incident of love jihad has been unearthed in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Police have arrested Azhar, who married a Hindu woman by posing himself as a Hindu man. In the complaint filed with the Kankhal police station of Haridwar, the woman claimed that Azhar portrayed himself as ‘Rahul’ and married her 9 years ago. She somehow got to know about his actual religious identity recently. The police arrested the accused and jailed him.
As per the Senior Superintendent of Police, SSP Ajay Singh, the woman hails from the Shivapuram-Raja Garden area and filed a complaint that the accused Azhar Ahmed, son of Zafar, of Mohalla Nabab Tehsil Road, Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, has duped her into marrying him by hiding his religion.
She stated that Azhar worked as a labor contractor and she met him nine years ago while working for an organization. Azhar identified himself as Rahul and also claimed that he has no family. Both later got married, and went on to have two children. One of their kids is seven and the other one is four years old.
The woman discovered Azhar’s original Aadhaar card a few months back, where his original name, his father’s name, and his home address were mentioned. Nine years into their marriage, her husband finally accepted the truth and started forcing her to convert to Islam. Azhar also threatened to kill her when she refused to convert.
Superintendent of Police (SP), City Swatantra Kumar stated that following the victim’s complaint, the police have registered FIR No. 41/2023 under Section 323/420/506 of IPC and 3/5 Uttarakhand Religious Freedom Act. Police have taken him into custody and brought him before the court. Police have also found two Aadhaar cards from his home, bearing the names of Azhar and Rahul.
Even only judging by REPORTED cases, there are roughly 1 love jihad cases per day. And I estimate that reported cases are 2-5% of the true cases, and so there are about 50 love jihad cases every day in India. Let that sink in!