On 15th January, Surat Police arrested a Muslim man named Musibul Sheikh for using forged documents to live with a Hindu girl in a live-in relationship.
According to media reports, Sheikh assumed the identity of Pradeep Kshetrapal and started living with a Hindu girl in a live-in relationship in Surat, Gujarat.
He had lured the Hindu girl from Mumbai into a relationship and brought her to Surat. Surat SOG arrested him and handed him over to the Rander Police for further investigation.
The Surat police launched an operation after receiving a tip-off about a suspicious person living in the Rander area using forged documents.
Teams from the Surat SOG were deployed to apprehend the suspect. After arresting the accused, 26-year-old Musibul alias Raj alias Pradeep Makbul Sheikh, he was handed over to the Rander Police for further investigation.
Media reports suggest that he was living in Swicon Wings, located at Canal Road, Jahangirabad, in Rander, Surat. He had been working at various spas for the past 14 years.
Around 1.5 years ago, he met a Hindu girl in Mumbai. He sought a rented house in a Hindu locality to live with her in a live-in relationship. However, because of his Muslim identity, he could not secure a house.
Reportedly, he then forged documents on his mobile phone using an application and created a fake Aadhaar card under a false name. He started living in a Hindu locality around five months ago.
During the search, police recovered two Aadhaar cards with different names, one PAN card, one RC book, a mobile phone, and ₹15,000 in cash.
OpIndia accessed the FIR filed in the case.
Content of the FIR
The FIR has been registered at the Rander Police Station based on a complaint filed by ASI Jalubhai Maganbhai of SOG Surat City under Sections 319, 336(2), 336(3), and 338 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to his complaint, ASI Maganbhai and his colleagues acted on a tip-off from a confidential source about a suspicious individual.
The source informed the police that a person named Musibul alias Raj alias Pradeep Makbul Sheikh was living in Swicon Wings, located at Canal Road in Jahangirabad, Rander, Surat, under false pretences by creating fake documents in different names.
Surat SOG, along with two independent witnesses, reached the specified location as informed by the source and apprehended the accused.
Upon questioning, the accused informed the police that he originally hails from Navdeep Village, Purbasthali Taluka, Bardhaman District, West Bengal.
During a search in the presence of the witnesses, the police recovered two Aadhaar cards, one in the name of Musibul Makbul Sheikh and another in the name of Pradeep Sujay Kshetrapal.
The police also recovered a PAN card in his original name. Furthermore, the police recovered an RC book and a mobile phone with two SIM cards.
The accused told the police that he had created the fabricated Aadhaar card using mobile applications as he was residing in a Hindu area and had assumed the identity of a Hindu man to maintain a live-in relationship with a Hindu girl.
They were planning to have a love marriage.