Man marries 22-year-old woman under fake identity in UP

NEW DELHI: Three persons were booked here based on a complaint filed by a 22-year-old woman who said one of them married her by faking his religious identity, police said on Saturday.

The FIR has been registered against Gufran Ahmed, Ashraf and Yakuf of Malipur village.

According to a complaint lodged at Ubhaon police station on Friday night, a woman from near Bilthra Road town stated she developed a friendship with someone using the name Jai Prakash on Facebook and Instagram.

Through him, she was introduced to Ashraf and Yakuf.

The woman stated in her complaint that the man married her at a temple in Salempur town of Deoria district on March 2.

Subsequently, the man disclosed his real identity as Gufran Ahmed, not Jai Prakash.

He then attempted to force her to convert to Islam for a 'nikah' ceremony, threatening to publish a video of their intimate relations if she refused, according to police.

Ubhaon station house officer Rajendra Prasad Singh confirmed that authorities have registered a case under sections 64 (punishment for rape), 61(2) (party to a criminal conspiracy), 304(2) (snatching), 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.

The police have taken Gufran into custody for questioning, Singh stated.

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