Gadag. Karnataka Police has started searching for a man who attacked his wife seeking divorce with an ax in Gadag district of Karnataka. The victim, identified as Apoorva Anant Puranik alias Arfa Bano, is critical and is fighting for life at a hospital in the district.
Hindu groups have demanded that it is a case of ‘love jihad’ and that the police department should investigate the matter thoroughly.
According to the police, Apoorva (26) had decided to live separately after her husband Mohammed Ejaz Shiroor (30) learned that he was already married and had three children.
The victim had gone to her parents’ house with her son four months ago. The accused had attacked Apoorva in a park on Thursday and hit her head, shoulder, face and hands 23 times with an ax and fled the spot.
Raju Khanappanavar, coordinator of Shri Ram Sena said that Apoorva has been married fraudulently to a Muslim man.
The accused had married a Brahmin Hindu woman and attempted to kill her.
He said, it is a case of love jihad where the accused had planned to implicate the victim by checking her family background which is condemnable and the police should not only arrest the accused but also investigate the network that implicates Hindu girls.
Mohammad never told the victim that he was already married and had three children.
Apoorva was later converted to Islam. His family had also accepted his marriage and maintained cordial relations with Mohammed’s family.
The victim came to know about Mohammad’s first wife and her three children which led to a rift between them.
The accused started forcing Apoorva to wear a burqa, cook non-vegetarian food, follow the traditions of Islam and give up Hindu customs completely, which Apoorva continued even after her marriage.
Unable to bear the torture, Apoorva went to her mother’s house and filed for divorce in the family court.
Despite this the accused threatened Apoorva to follow Islam as he had married her.
Gadag Superintendent of Police Shivprakash Devaraju said the accused would be arrested soon.
—AnyTV News
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