Man marries 22-year-old woman under fake identity, three booked
Ballia: 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.
In her complaint filed at Ubhaon police station on Friday night, the woman, the resident of a locality near Bilthra Road town, said she was befriended by a man who went by the name Jai Prakash on Facebook and Instagram. She met Ashraf and Yakuf through him.
The complaint said the man married her at a temple in Salempur town of Deoria district on March 2.
After the marriage, the man revealed that he was not Jai Prakash, but Gufran Ahmed. He pressurised her to convert to Islam so that he can perform a 'nikah' and threatened to post a video of their physical relationship online if she did not oblige, police said.
Ubhaon station house officer Rajendra Prasad Singh told PTI that a case has been registered 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.
Police have detained Gufran and are interrogating him, Singh added.
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Sujit Nair raises concerns over speculation of DMK-AIADMK understanding to block TVK
Chennai: Journalist and political commentator Sujit Nair has expressed concern over speculation that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam could explore a post-poll understanding to prevent Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam from forming the government in Tamil Nadu.
In a social media post, Sujit Nair said the election verdict in Tamil Nadu reflected a clear public demand for political change and argued that the mandate should be respected irrespective of political preferences.
Referring to reports and political discussions surrounding a possible understanding between the DMK and AIADMK, he said he hoped such developments remained only speculative conversations and did not turn into reality.
Nair stated that if such an alliance were to take shape, it would raise serious questions about ideological politics in the country. He said TVK had emerged through a democratic electoral process and that the legitimacy to govern in a parliamentary democracy comes from the people’s verdict.
According to him, attempts to prevent an electoral winner from forming the government through unexpected political arrangements may be constitutionally valid, but many people could view them as politically opportunistic.
He further said that such a move could particularly affect the political image of the DMK, which has historically projected itself around ideology, social justice and opposition politics. Nair said that in ideological terms, the DMK appeared closer to TVK than to the AIADMK, and joining hands with its long-time political rival only to remain in power could weaken its broader political narrative.
He added that the same questions would apply to the AIADMK as well, as the party had spent decades positioning itself against the DMK and such an arrangement could create discomfort among its cadre and supporters.
Drawing a comparison with Maharashtra politics in 2019, Nair said he had expressed similar views when the Shiv Sena formed an alliance with the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party after the Assembly elections.
He said post-poll alliances between long-standing political rivals often create a public perception that ideology and electoral mandates become secondary when political power equations come into play.
Nair also said such developments increase public cynicism towards politics and reinforce the belief among voters that ideology is often sidelined after elections.
He maintained that the Tamil Nadu verdict was emphatic and said respecting both the spirit and substance of the mandate was important for the credibility of democratic politics.
