Noida,

08 Sept (HS): In Thana Phase-3, the sub-inspector has filed a report that five

people cheated a woman and forcibly converted her religion. The woman is

married, and she has a 6-year-old son. A man converted the woman's religion

without divorce and married her. After registering the report of the incident,

the police is investigating the matter. Dhruv Bhushan Dubey,

Inspector-in-Charge of Thana Phase-3, said that Priya Sharma, wife of Shivam

Sharma from Gadhi Chaukhandi village, went missing in the month of May.

The

police was searching for her in this case. Her husband had filed a writ in the

High Court to recover his wife. Its investigation was being done by Yogendra

Singh, in-charge of Gadhi Chaukhandi outpost. He said that during the

investigation, the police recovered Priya from Chennai (Tamil Nadu). He said

that during the investigation, the police came to know that Raja alias Ehsan

son of Bismillah Mian, a native of Siwan district Bihar, currently resident of

Rahul's house in Bahrampur village, trapped Priya in his love-web and took her

away from home. He told that when the recovered woman was questioned, she told

that I have changed my religion.

And I have become Muslim from Hindu. I am

gaining knowledge of Sharia law. The woman told the police that I have married

Raja Mian alias Mohammad Ahsan who used to work in my company on 1 May 2025 in

Bahrampur village. Raja Mian is teaching me everything. He told that when the

photocopy of Nikah Nama was obtained from Priya Sharma, on observation it was

found that Raja Mian's father Bismillah Mian, mother Anisha Begum, and brother

Irshad, using deceitful means, by luring and threatening, changed Priya

Sharma's name and religion and named her Khushboo Khatoon. Priya Sharma's

father's name was also written fraudulently. The accused Raja Mian also got his

mother Anisha Begum and brother undergo conversion rituals, who appeared as

Priya Sharma's brother and aunt respectibvely. During investigation, the police

found that the Nikah was done fraudulently.

The woman Priya Sharma is not even

divorced from her husband Shivam Sharma. Priya Sharma also has a 6-year-old

son. He said that on the complaint of the sub-inspector, the police has started

investigation by registering a case against Raja Mian, Irshad, Bismillah,

Anisha Begum and Qazi Mohammad Azimuddin under Section 318 (4) of the Indian

Penal Code, Section 3 and 5 (1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful

Religious Conversion Act 2021.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi