In a shocking incident, a Hindu woman was found held captive by a Muslim man in Assam’s Cachar district. The woman was restrained using a long iron chain tied to one of her legs, was tortured regularly, and was forcefully converted to Islam.
Around three months ago, Locals informed members of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad that a Hindu woman was being brutally tortured at Munaf Ali’s house regularly. The Hindu groups launched a probe and found that Munaf Ali had been torturing his wife and had restrained her with a chain. Subsequently, the woman was rescued with the cooperation of police and local Adivasi residents, and Munaf Ali was arrested.
Videos from the house where the woman was held show a long iron chain tied to her left leg, which allowed her to move around inside the house but kept her inside.
As per the Hindu activists, the Hindu woman was a victim of love jihad and Munaf Ali abducted her 12 years ago. He kept her hostage and got her converted to Islam. She gave birth to five children during this period. At present the kids in the custody of the brother of the accused.
After the marriage, he started forcing her to hand over her land to him, which she refused. As a result, he started torturing her.
As per the Hindu Adivasi woman, Munaf used to assault her regularly. She said that she is a Hindu belonging to the tea tribe, and was forcefully converted to Islam. Around, three months ago, he assaulted her badly for refusing to hand over her property, and even attempted to strangulate her. He then tied her leg with an iron chain, keeping her hostage in the house.
In response, the woman alerted the neighbours by shouting about the situation. The locals then contacted the Hindu groups, which led to her rescue.
After the woman was rescued, the Hindu groups performed ‘Ghar Wapsi’, returning her to Hinduism with Vedic rituals.
