Shaukat Pathan pretends to be Kashmiri Hindu to trap Hindu girl; forcefully converts & harasses her [ Jammu & Kashmir, India ]

[ Reported as seen ]

Shaukat Pathan  lured a Hindu girl from Madhya Pradesh to be a Kashmiri Hindu named Sunny and then married her. Shaukat Pathan, is originally from Surankot village in Jammu and Kashmir.

Reportedly, the victim worked as a model in Noida city of Uttar Pradesh.

The victim woman revealed that after marrying her   he disclosed his real identity and forced her to convert to Islam. She submitted  to the pressure but her in-laws continued to harass her. Shaukat Pathan  further married the daughter of a close relative without divorcing her.

The victim has been living in Surankot for the past three and a half years while still striving for justice. She has already registered seven cases against him and his family.

On 7th October she told the reporters that she was a model in Noida and the two met during the time. He introduced himself as Sunny and masqueraded as a Kashmiri Hindu.

The two visited the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi in Katra where he pledged to marry her. After they travelled to Kashmir and stayed there for a few days before returning to his native place where he unveiled that he was in fact a Muslim.

As per a media report, she was pressured to eat non-vegetarian food and other times to cook meat.

She showed the wounds on her body and disclosed that multiple attempts were made to kill her, but she never lost courage. She submitted a case, although the authorities did not take it seriously.

The victim woman also revealed that Shaukat Pathan ‘s brother is a terrorist and asserted that he was presently in Pakistan. “His brother was involved in the bombings in Jammu’s Narwal this year and Shaukat Pathan was also interrogated. I am wandering for justice. Police should take strict action against the entire family.”

Meanwhile, Shaukat Pathan has  denied all the charges and claimed that she married him of her own free will and already knew about his religious identity. “Now she is blackmailing my family. I have given her five lakh rupees. She has launched seven cases against me and my family members. The police questioned me regarding the Narwal blast, but nothing was proved. My brother has gone to Pakistan since 1997.”