Bareilly, UP: Qayyum poses as Raj Gupta, wears tilak, visits temple, marries Hindu womanto pressure her to convert to Islam

The FIR in Bareilly states that accused visited her rented room, assaulted her, forced himself on her, and continued threatening her with death if she refused conversion

NewsBharati    23-May-2026 11:35:04 AM
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In Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, a 23-year-old Hindu woman has accused a man of hiding his Muslim identity for over two years, posing as a Hindu engineer named “Raj Gupta.” He also married her as per Hindu rituals and later started pressuring her to convert to Islam. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
  
According to the FIR lodged at CB Ganj police station, the accused, identified as Qayyum from Sambhal, wore a tilak, tied a kalawa thread on his wrist, regularly visited temples, and even operated his painting business in Gurugram under the name “Shri Shyam Painter” to appear Hindu and gain the woman’s trust. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
 
The woman, who worked as a security guard in Gurugram, said she first met him inside a temple in 2023. Introducing himself as “Raj Gupta,” the accused claimed he was a Hindu engineer. His appearance, behaviour, and business name convinced her that he was genuine.

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The woman told police that she was emotionally vulnerable at the time as her sister had passed away, leaving behind two children whom she was raising herself. The accused used this to build emotional trust. He told her he loved children and was ready to accept responsibility for her sister’s children after marriage. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
 
After she lost her job and returned to Bareilly, the accused stayed in contact and continued promising marriage and support. In March 2024, he took her to a hotel on the Rampur highway and raped her. When she became pregnant and demanded marriage, he initially pressured her to abort the child. After she threatened legal action, he agreed to marry her.
 
 
The marriage was then performed in a temple in Gurugram as per Hindu rituals. Her family attended the ceremony, blessed the couple, and wedding videos and photographs were later uploaded on social media. But the woman says the truth emerged soon after.
 
According to the complaint, the accused’s brother, Akram Saifi, called the couple to his flat in Modinagar after seeing the wedding videos online. There, the woman says, she was told that the Hindu identity and temple marriage were all part of a trap used to lure Hindu women. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
 
 
 
She further stated in the FIR that Akram Saifi raped her inside the flat while the accused threatened her with a knife. She told police that when she screamed, Qayyum entered carrying a large knife and told his brother to “finish her.” The brothers stopped only after neighbours became alert due to the commotion.
 
It was during this incident, the woman says, that she learnt that “Raj Gupta” was actually Qayyum from Sambhal.
In February 2025, she gave birth to a daughter. The woman has alleged that the accused and his family came to the hospital and refused to accept the child unless she converted to Islam. She refused and began living separately in a rented room in CB Ganj while raising her infant daughter and her late sister’s two children alone. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
 
 
The FIR further states that the accused visited her rented room, assaulted her, forced himself on her, and continued threatening her of killing if she refused conversion.
  
In one instance, she alleged that he secretly gave her abortion pills during a second pregnancy, leading to serious health complications and loss of the unborn child. The woman finally approached Senior Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya in person after earlier complaints saw no action on May 22, 2026. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
 
 
Following his intervention, CB Ganj police registered an FIR against Qayyum and Akram Saifi on charges including rape, criminal intimidation, cheating, and concealment of identity. Police teams have been formed to trace the accused, who are currently absconding. (Bareilly Love Jihad case)
 
The case may also attract provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, which deals with conversion through fraud, coercion, or marriage under false identity.
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