Uttar Pradesh: Woman Cop Goes Missing After Interfaith Marriage Plan Becomes Public

A woman police sub-inspector for Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh sought permission through an application to marry a Muslim businessman under the Special Marriage Act, last month. This information appeared in a few local newspapers and social media on Friday and within a few hours, the sub-inspector went missing from her evening duty.

According to the reports the brother of the woman sub-inspector complained Bareilly on Friday evening with the Additional Director General of Police (Bareilly Zone), Prem Chand Meena. The brother has reportedly claimed that the Muslim businessman who was supposed to marry his sister has brainwashed her while they have been in a relationship over the last few years.

Reportedly, the brother told the media, “The man has some videos and photos of my sister. By using them, he is putting pressure on her to marry him. I have requested the ADG that she should be posted either at Bijnor or Shamli so that we could save her from the interfaith marriage."

The police have informed the media that the woman sub-inspector met the Muslim businessman during her posting at Baheri police station in Bareilly. They also found out that the man is a wood dealer. 

A senior police officer who worked with the woman sub-inspector had reportedly registered an adverse entry into the general diary on Saturday after he couldn't find her on duty during an inspection at her posting in Subhash Nagar police station.

According to the reports, the woman sub-inspector and the Muslim man while seeking permission for marriage under the Special Marriage Act had approached the sub-divisional magistrate office and also had given in writing that they would not change their respective religion after the marriage. The reporters say that the SDM office sent notices to the concerned departments if there were any objections from the couple's family members.

The Bareilly police officers have reportedly not given any statement on the matter but mentioned that the two people missing are adults and there is evidence of them not marrying by coercion thus, there were no legal issues in the matter.