Bhopal: How 2 sisters and their gang ran a rape-conversion racket

BHOPAL: Acting connected complaints filed by 2 women—a 21-year-old from Chhattisgarh and a 30-year-old Bhopal-based woman—Bag Sewania constabulary connected Sunday registered 2 abstracted FIRs connected charges of rape and forced spiritual conversion against astir fractional a twelve accused, including 2 women who are sisters, nether applicable sections of the BNS and the MP Freedom of Religion Act. According to police, the accused pistillate and her pack befriended a needy pistillate and a young miss connected the pretext of providing employment. They offered support, gained their trust, and past allegedly presented them earlier her member and person for intersexual exploitation. The survivors were aboriginal allegedly pressured to convert. The pack allegedly forced them to work spiritual books and pressured them to wed Muslim youths. The survivors someway managed to flight from their clutches. When they aboriginal came into interaction with each other, the 2 approached Bag Sewania constabulary presumption and lodged complaints exposing the full racket. Police registered a lawsuit against the alleged mastermind Razia (name changed); her live-in spouse Chandan Yadav, who allegedly converted; her member Bilal; Yasir; sister Ayesha (name changed); and different associate.

So far, constabulary person arrested Razia, Ayesha, and Chandan. On Monday, they were produced earlier a tribunal and taken connected remand. According to Bag Sewania police, Razia Khan is the kingpin of the gang. She worked astatine a spa centre and was successful a narration with Chandan Yadav. In her complaint, the 30-year-old subsister stated that she is divorced and a parent of 2 children. She utilized to enactment astatine a catering bureau and came into interaction with Razia successful 2024 astatine Ashima Mall.

Razia allegedly offered her a babysitting occupation astatine her location with a wage of Rs 10,000 per month. The subsister accepted the connection and aboriginal began surviving with Razia and her spouse Chandan astatine their residence. During this period, Chandan allegedly mixed an intoxicant successful her beverage and raped her. Later, Razia allegedly presented her to a person from Jehangirabad and past took her to Ahmedabad, wherever she was allegedly sexually exploited by her member Yasir. Razia and Chandan besides allegedly pressured her to person and discussed arranging her remarriage to a Muslim man. The subsister managed to flight from their clutches successful February 2025.

A akin ailment was filed by a 21-year-old beautician from Chhattisgarh. She stated that she met Razia’s sister-in-law Riya (name changed) astatine a friend’s day party. At the time, she was unaware that Riya had converted. Riya allegedly introduced her to Razia astatine Ashima Mall connected the committedness of a amended job. Through Razia, she came into interaction with Chandan, who allegedly forced carnal relations with her. Subsequently, Razia’s member Bilal and aboriginal Yasir successful Ahmedabad allegedly sexually exploited her. When the subsister complained to her person Riya, she came to cognize that Riya herself had joined Razia’s member Haider and changed her name. Riya allegedly told her that thing happens and that she excessively had converted from Hinduism to Islam.

Razia and Chandan allegedly harassed the subsister severely, took her to parties successful revealing clothes, and pressured her to wed a Muslim man. They besides allegedly asked her to follow their religion, telling her: “Men successful our assemblage are good; they bash not bushed women oregon portion alcohol. You should follow our religion and wed 1 of our men.” Bag Sewania SHO Amit Soni said that 2 abstracted cases of rape and forced spiritual conversion were registered based connected the complaints of the 2 women. Three accused person been arrested truthful far, and efforts are underway to nab the remaining suspects.