Nuh: Two, including cleric, held for ‘kidnapping’, ‘marrying off’ a minor

Police said that the suspects were identified as Raees-ud-din, 48, and Mohammed Tariq, 24, both residents of Tauru, Nuh. They were arrested on Tuesday and taken on a two-day police remand for interrogation after production before a Faridabad court on Wednesday.

Published on: Oct 2, 2025, 04:20:17 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

Prefer HTon Google

Share via

Copy link

Two people including a cleric were arrested in Nuh for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl and getting her married after converting her religion, police said on Wednesday.

Police said two more suspects linked with Tariq and the cleric have been detained on Wednesday and they were being questioned. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Police said that the suspects were identified as Raees-ud-din, 48, and Mohammed Tariq, 24, both residents of Tauru, Nuh. They were arrested on Tuesday and taken on a two-day police remand for interrogation after production before a Faridabad court on Wednesday.

As per police, Tariq had eloped with a 17-year-old girl from Hanuman Nagar in Tauru on August 20.

Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) (Tauru) Abhimanyu Lohan said that during investigation, it was revealed that the cleric had performed all the process of religious conversion of the girl and had then got her married to Tariq on the same day, soon after she was kidnapped.

“All the witnesses shown present in the wedding with signature on documents were unaware that the girl was a minor. Their names and signatures were fraudulently used,” Lohan said.

Lohan said the cleric played key role in the duo’s wedding. “He prepared forged documents to show the minor as an adult with whose consent, her religious conversion was carried out before marriage. He was the one who had prepared her marriage documents too,” said DSP Lohan.

Investigators said that the matter came to light when the girl’s family had approached police on September 26 alleging that Tariq had kidnapped her.The family was trying to locate her but had failed. After getting to know about Tariq and religious conversion, they finally approached police after a month. An FIR was immediately registered at Sadar Tauru police station. According to police, this racket might have trapped more such minor girls.

Police said two more suspects linked with Tariq and the cleric have been detained on Wednesday and they were being questioned.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

Catch every big hit, every wicket with Crickit, a one stop destination for Live Scores, Match Stats, Infographics & much more. Explore now!.

Stay updated with all the Breaking News and Latest News from Mumbai. Click here for comprehensive coverage of top Cities including Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and more across India along with Stay informed on the latest happenings in World News.