Gandhinagar man finds wife faked religion, accuses marriage bureau of fraud

A Gandhinagar resident was left dumbfounded after he realised that his Hindu wife, whom he had married through a matrimonial site, was originally a Muslim woman. He found that the matrimonial site operator had colluded with her to deceive him by concealing her religious identity.

The disabled man who resides in Pethapur had approached a marriage bureau in Ahmedabad’s Vadaj area through a reference.

There, he met the owner, Vinod Soni, who promised to find him an appropriate bride. Soni charged ₹2.31 lakh as his fees.

He introduced the man to Surat-based Roshni Ahire. Subsequently, the man married Ahire on October 3, the first day of the Navratri festival.

Although the girl provided an Aadhar Card as identity proof, the man grew suspicious of her acts during the Navratri prayer ceremony.

On the second day of the festival, the man scanned through her phone and found photos of an Aadhar card and a school certificate, which stated that her original name was Nikhat Fatima Sheikh Khaleel.

She was found to be a resident of Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district (now Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar).

Roshni’s Aadhar card was found to be morphed, and Nikhat’s photo was pasted over it.

Upon questioning her, the man found that Nikhat was also a mother to a child. She revealed that it was Soni who had devised the plan and promised that things would work out fine.

Soni had also charged her a hefty amount to undertake this deed.

Upon contacting Soni, he intimidated the man by threatening to implicate him in a false case and file serious charges against him for leaving the girl after marriage.

Police have now launched a probe following the developments.