Guwahati: Madhya Pradesh Police arrested a man in Indore as his live-in partner, after watching the controversial movie ‘The Kerala Story’, filed a complaint against him alleging that he was forcing her to convert to Islam, reports emerged on Tuesday.
The two reportedly went to see the movie “The Kerala Story,” and when they returned, they got into a fight. Then she went to the police and filed a complaint against him, saying he was pressuring her to convert to Islam so she could wed him.
It has come to light that the complainant and the accused eloped a few months ago and that they had been living together for roughly seven to eight months.
The in-charge of Khajrana Police Station in Indore, Dinesh Verma, was quoted by ANI saying, “A woman, who was in a live-in relationship with one Faizan, lodged a complaint that he was pressurizing her to convert to Islam in order to marry him. Faizan also thrashed the woman when she refused.”
“The woman said she and the man recently went to watch the movie ‘The Kerala Story’. After watching the film, the duo had an altercation. She approached the police and lodged an FIR,” he added.
The police also found that the defendant was unemployed and dependent on the complainant’s income to make ends meet.
Verma said, “The accused has studied till 12th standard and was jobless. The complainant woman was in a good job earning around Rs. 25,000 monthly. Her living-in partner was also living on that money only.”
In response to the complaint, the police filed a case against the accused under sections 323, 506, and 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
It should be noted that the impending film “The Kerala Story,” which is being produced and directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and Sudipto Sen, has caused a significant political controversy. Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani, and Sonia Balani all play key roles in the film.
The ‘The Kerala Story’ video drew criticism for making the allegation that 32,000 girls from Kerala, a state in southern India, went missing before later joining the terrorist group ISIS.
After receiving criticism, the filmmakers removed the statistic and changed the description of the trailer to read, “The story of three women from Kerala.”