UP woman cop who went missing after seeking nod for interfaith marriage transferred

The sub-inspector returned to the Subhash Nagar police station in Bareilly and received the order transferring her to the Sambhal district Monday evening.

The sub-inspector received the transfer order issued by Additional Director General of Police (Bareilly Zone). (Representational Image)

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A 50-year-old woman sub-inspector who sought permission for an interfaith marriage with a 30-year-old timber merchant and disappeared from duty at a police station in Bareilly on Friday was transferred to the Sambhal district Monday.

The SI, who went missing from duty after people came to know about her application, returned to the Subhash Nagar police station and received the transfer order issued by Additional Director General of Police (Bareilly Zone) Prem Chand Meena Monday evening.

On Saturday, a senior police officer found her missing from duty during an inspection of the Subhash Nagar police station and registered an adverse entry into the general diary (GD).

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“Her transfer is a routine process. The police department has nothing to do with the personal life of the woman SI, though we have found laxity on her part after a police officer looked after her performance at her previous place of posting,” said Bareilly Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prabhakar Chaudhary.

The sub-inspector, a Hindu, and the timber merchant, a Muslim, had approached the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) office seeking permission to get married under the Special Marriage Act last month and gave it in writing they would not change their respective religion after the marriage. The SDM office sent notices to the departments concerned and sought objections, if any, from the couple’s family members.

When her brother from Meerut learned about the marriage plan, she approached ADGP Meena and requested him to arrange an inter-district transfer for her sister. He claimed his sister had been brainwashed by the Muslim man with whom she had been in a relationship for the last few years. He claimed the man had brainwashed his sister.

“The man has some videos and photos of my sister. By using them, he is putting pressure on her to marry him. I have requested the ADG that she should be posted either at Bijnor or Shamli so that we could save her from the interfaith marriage,” he had said.