By Syed Ali Mujtaba
Chennai: A Chennai-based businessman has lodged a complaint with the Chennai Central Crime Branch on May 21, 2020, that his daughter has been kidnapped from London to Bangladesh by some Bangladeshi nationals.
The girl's father in his complaint says that his daughter who
was studying in London where a Bangladeshi national named Nafees enticed her
into a relationship.
The girl’s father alleges that the prime accused Nafees, had married
her daughter in London and later abducted her to Bangladesh where she is
allegedly confined to a house.
Nafees is the son of a top politician in Bangladesh. His
father is Shakhawat Hossain Bakul, a leader of Bangladesh National Party (BNP)
who is a former Member of Parliament of Bangladesh.
In the complaint the father of the girl says, her daughter was
"radicalized" and was forced to convert to Islam. He calls the
marriage as a case of ‘Love Jihad.’
The case came to light when the girl managed to call her parents
from Bangladesh and revealed that she had been sexually harassed and was being
tortured.
The girl’s father, who had migrated to Chennai from north
India, a few years ago and runs a business in Royapuram then, contacted Nafees
and others for her daughter’s release.
The culprits demanded money from him and made him lodge a
complaint with the Chennai Central Crime Branch.
A case was registered in a Chennai police station relating to
human trafficking against Nafees and few Bangladeshi nationals on a complaint for
kidnapping of a city-based woman from the UK to Bangladesh.
The City police
station transferred the case to Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) which in
turned transferred it to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Chennai Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal has said,
since the case involves investigation in foreign countries it has been
transferred to National Investigation Agency (NIA)
The NIA has confirmed that to have received information from
the Tamil Nadu government regarding the registration of case on May 28, 2020.
The NIA has filed a FIR for alleged kidnapping and
trafficking of an Indian citizen. It is investigating the case under various
sections of the Indian Penal Code.
In the FIR the NIA has named Nafess as prime accused and few
other Bangladeshi nationals. The FIR also includes other names like Malaysia based
Islamic preacher, Zakir Naik and Yasir Qadri and Nauman Ali Khan, both US-based
preachers of Pakistan origin.
This high-profile case involves investigation in Bangladesh,
UK, Malaysia, and the US. As a result investigation of this "love jihad"
case is closely watched by many Indians.
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Syed Ali Mujtaba is a journalist based in Chennai. He can be
contacted at syedalimujtaba2007@gmail.com
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