Assam: A stern case of suspected identity fraud and deceit has come out of the very heart of Guwahati, revealing how trust in uniform can be arbitrarily abused. A young Hindu woman from Chhaygaon, living in the city’s Chandmari area, has allegedly been enticed and eloped by a serving police jawan Abdul Basid posted as the Personal Security Officer (PSO) to the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Geetanagar Police Station.
The woman’s family, concerned about her unexplained absence, had registered a missing person’s case at Chandmari Police Station.Â
According to police sources, the woman, who had been residing in the Chandmari area of Guwahati, had gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Her family subsequently filed a missing person’s complaint at Chandmari Police Station. As per sources carryin the investigation, the women had allegedly eloped with Andul Basid, who is a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of the OC of the Geetanagar Police Station.Â
Speaking to the media, DCP (Central) Amitabh Basumatary said that the woman was found to have converted to Islam through a notarised affidavit and later entered into a marriage agreement with Abdul Basid. However, the situation turned murky when it was discovered that Basid was already married and had a child.
The case has raised widespread alarm, not just because of the interfaith dimension and charges of ‘Love Jihad’ a term commonly applied in cases of religious fraud in romance but also because the accused was dressed in the uniform of the law when allegedly committing the offence.
