Assam: Man arrested for hiding religious identity to marry woman Guwahati News – Times of India

Nagaon: A Muslim man who married a woman of that religion with a Hindu identity has been arrested in Central Assam‘s hoja Based on a complaint by his wife, a police officer said in the district.
The woman, with the help of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Hojai, lodged a written complaint against her husband with the Hojai Superintendent of Police, Lumding Police Station in-charge (OC) SK Sharma told reporters on Friday.
According to the complaint of the woman, a resident of Dhemaji district of Upper Assam, she came in contact with the man as both worked. Tamil Nadu.
She claimed that the man, a resident of 2 Sarke Basti area of ​​Nakhuti under Lumding police station in Hojai district, hides his religious identity and introduces himself as a Hindu and marries her and then harassed her mentally and physically. starts doing.
She claimed that after a few months, her husband allegedly robbed her of a huge amount and fled from Tamil Nadu to the Nakhuti area of ​​Assam.
As her husband did not contact her, the woman visited the Doboka area of ​​Hojai where she learned about her true religious identity and other details of her husband.
On receiving the complaint, Hojai Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha sent a team from Lumding police station on Wednesday night to nab the accused from his village.
A case was registered at Lumding police station and the accused was arrested the same night and produced in a local court in Hojai on Thursday.
“it is a matter’love jihadThe officer-in-charge of Lumding police station said, “A man of one religion pretended to be another to marry the woman.”
He said that the police has started investigation in this regard.

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