Guwahati: In a surprising incident, a woman filed a police report against her husband, alleging that he had faked her death for 7 years in order to wed his brother’s wife.
The incident was reported at Cherekapar locality in Sivasagar district on Friday.
The complainant named Nilofar Ahmed allegedly claimed in the FIR that her husband identified as Firoz Ahmed and her brother-in-wife, law’s Sharifa Begum, had been having an extramarital affair for the previous year before they were wed on October 22 of last year.
“My husband Firoz Ahmed and my brother-in law’s wife Sharifa Begum were having an affair for the past one year. They were so much in love that they eloped to Kerela in the month of March last year. Later, they returned back. After few days, Sharifa Begum went to Guwahati with her father. All the expenses of the travel were borne my husband. My husband tortured me severely and thrashed me on couple of occasions, whenever, I questioned him about the extra marital affair,” said Nilofar Ahmed to the media.
She went on to explain that her husband has also grown disinterested in covering their son’s school expenses.
The woman decided to contact the police since she had no other option. The two of them eventually reached a resolution.
Interestingly, Sharifa faked her own death and returned to Sivasagar in October of last year, when she eventually wed Nilofar Ahmed’s husband.
“The marriage was conducted as per the rituals of Islam, one Asma Begum was involved in taking them to a ‘Kazi’ from Charaideo,” added Nilofar Ahmed.
The vulnerable woman further asserted that Sharifa and Firoz Ahmed had fled to Kolkata in February of last year and returned to Assam after a week.
“I was again brutally tortured by my husband for questioning him about his travel to Kolkata and illegal marriage with Sharifa, despite me being alive. My son is a heart patient and had recently undergone a bypass surgery. Hence, I seek for justice,” added the complainant.
The woman further asserted that she had documentation supporting the UPI payment of 5000 that her husband reportedly paid to the “Kazi” in exchange for arranging the marriage between her and her brother-in-law’s wife.
Meanwhile, another FIR was lodged in connection to the case by Sharifa Begum’s husband Jitul Ali (brother of Firoz Ahmed) at Sivasagar police station.