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A 34-year-old Muslim man transformed to Hinduism to marry his girlfriend with whom he had an affair for the previous 10 years, altering his identify from Saddam to Shivshankar, police stated on Monday.
SHO of Kotwali police station Devendra Singh stated that three days in the past, the lady had lodged a case in opposition to Saddam and his relations within the police station for rape, forcing her to have an abortion, raping her on the pretext of marriage and threatening to kill her.
However now each have married of their very own free will, Devendra Singh stated.
Based on the police, Saddam Hussain, a resident of Nagar Bazaar, was in a love affair with a lady (about 30 years previous) from the identical village for about 10 years.
Since each of them belonged to completely different religions, marriage was not potential. The woman pressured him into marriage many instances, however Saddam’s household was not prepared to just accept her, he stated.
Troubled by this, the woman had given an utility to the Superintendent of Police Basti three days in the past and accused the youth Saddam of rape, forcing an abortion and threatening to kill.
On the order of the SP, the police had registered a case in opposition to Saddam and his household within the metropolis police station, Devendra Singh stated.
On Sunday evening, Saddam and the woman bought married in a temple within the metropolis market as per Hindu customs and Saddam modified his identify to Shivshankar Soni.
Each took seven rounds within the temple and mentioned spending their lives collectively.
Each informed the police that they’d taken this resolution on their very own. “We had been in a love affair for the final ten years,” they’d stated.
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