Moradabad Muslim man who moved application to convert booked after wife files complaint

His wife Gulphansa, 19, had alleged Aamir had an affair with a Hindu woman before they got married and that his family members had kept her in the dark on the issue.

“The family members knew that Aamir was in a live-in relationship with the woman yet they contacted my family with the proposal of marriage and now my life is ruined. His family members had tried to get me abort forcibly after I got pregnant following which I had started living with my parents,” she had said.

While speaking to The Indian Express over the phone, Amit Kumar, in charge of the Mughalpura police station in Moradabad, said Ali and six of his family members, including his parents, have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating) and 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) on the basis of the complaint lodged by Gulphansa.

“We are investigating the veracity of allegations made by her and no arrests have been made so far. There is no trace of Aamir Ali as his mobile is switched off and the house is locked,” Kumar said.

District Magistrate Shailendra Kumar Singh confirmed Ali had moved an application to his office seeking to change his religion.

“As per the law, there is no need for any sort of permission from an officer if an adult is willing to change his or her religion but in this case, his wife too has moved an application. She has claimed her husband is playing tricks with the existing law,” said Singh.

“I have asked the ADM and the SSP to look into the issue to ascertain the truth before taking any action. They have now registered an FIR in this regard,” he added.

The police said Ali works as a sales executive in a private firm in Ghaziabad and is a resident of the Prince Road under the Mughapura police jurisdiction in Moradabad.

Meanwhile, Gulphansa has also written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking his intervention. “I am your daughter and do hope that you will come to my rescue to protect your daughter on this issue,” she wrote in her letter to Adityanath.