Man Accuses Wife, Mother-In-Law Of Forced Circumcision In Assam

A man from Rajasthan has accused his wife and mother-in-law of pressuring him to convert to Islam and alleged that he was circumcised against his wishes after being taken to an isolated location in Guwahati.The complainant, Akhil Kumar Chandak, has lodged an FIR at the Bhangagarh Police Station against his 24-year-old wife, Nurshika Begum, and her 36-year-old mother, Nur Khatun.While the mother-in-law has been arrested, the wife is in Bengaluru and has been asked to join the probe.Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Chandak said he met Nurshika in Delhi in 2019.

They later married through a court wedding in Assam and lived together for nearly three years.He said there were no major disagreements over religion during the initial period of their relationship.How the Alleged Religious Conversion Pressure BeganChandak claimed that the situation changed after his wife's family and people in her village came to know that he was Hindu.He said a photograph of Nurshika wearing sindoor, which she had uploaded on Facebook, brought their interfaith marriage to the attention of villagers.