After Anju, Yet Another Woman From Rajasthan Ditches Family For Boyfriend, Converts To Islam

In a case similar to Anju, who went to Pakistan to tie the knot with her Facebook boyfriend, a woman and a mother-of-two eloped to Kuwait with her boyfriend.

The woman identified as Deepika Patidar fled with her friend Irfan Haidar. Her family came to know about it after photos of the woman wearing a burqa were shared on social media, PTI reported citing police.

Patidar Samaj and other Hindu organisations have demanded the action against the man with whom the woman left the country. They have also submitted a memorandum to the collector and the superintendent of police.

On July 15, Mukesh Patidar, the husband of the woman, who is employed in Mumbai, filed a missing person report at Chitri police station. According to him, they have a son and daughter.

Mukesh Patidar informed the media on Monday that Haidar had brainwashed his wife and converted her to Islam. Haidar is a resident of Himmat Nagar in Gujarat, the police said. The woman often visited Khed Brahma in Gujarat's Sabar Kantha to meet Haidar. It was later found that he took her to Kuwait, Chitri SHO Govind Singh said. The matter is being investigated to ascertain how she met Haidar and secured a visa.

Anju, who was born in Kailor village in Uttar Pradesh and lived in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, travelled to Pakistan legally from India via the Wagah-Attari border. She was married to Arvind, who is in Rajasthan. They have a 15-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son.

Anju, who now goes by the name of Fatima after converting to Islam, on July 25 married her 29-year-old friend Nasrullah. They became friends on Facebook in 2019.