Hyderabad, Aug. 5 -- By Khadija Irfan Rahim
A Muslim man in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested for the second time in two months on allegations of kidnapping a Hindu woman by her family.
However, the woman has categorically denied the charges and said she married him of her own free will.
The case involves two Indirapuram residents, Akbar Khan and Sonika Chauhan, childhood friends-turned-lovers, who got married under the Special Marriage Act three years ago.
Akbar was arrested on July 31 and is currently lodged in jail under section 170 of the BNSS since July 31, after a kidnapping complaint was filed by Sonika's father, Laxman Singh Chauha. Soon after, police sent Sonika back to her parents.
Siasat.com spoke to the Ind...
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