‘Forced to convert and marry’: 23-year-old woman alleges man she met with online abuse for years | india news
New Delhi: A 23-year-old woman has accused a man and his associates of kidnapping, gang rape and forced marriage after allegedly forcing her to convert to religion in south-east Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, police told news agency PTI. Four of the six accused, including a woman, have been arrested, while the main accused is currently lodged in Ghaziabad’s Dasna jail in another case.According to the police, the accused befriended the woman on social media using a fake identity. The woman approached the police on May 14 and alleged that she was kidnapped and forced to marry the accused after religious conversion. She also claimed that she was repeatedly sexually harassed between 2021 and 2025.Based on her complaint, the police registered a case under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including kidnapping, rape, criminal intimidation, wrongful confinement and criminal conspiracy.The main accused is also suspected to be involved in the illegal gun trade, investigators said. However, police officials said no firearms have been recovered during the raids conducted so far.A police officer said transit remand of the main accused has been obtained and he will be brought to Delhi for further questioning. Police teams are also expected to re-visit the alleged crime scenes to reconstruct the sequence of events.
