Rizwanur to change to Hinduism

 

During the arguments today on Rizwanur Rehman case in the 9th Fast Track court, it was revealed that Ashoke Todi, Priyanka’s father, had asked Rizwanur to convert to Hinduism to which he had agreed. However, Rizwanur’s relatives had opposed the idea as they feared it may affect the marriage prospects of the girls in the family. The court today heard the arguments on framing of the charges against the accused in the case.

Referring to the letter written by Rizwanur to the Association of Protection for Democratic Rights(APDR) on September 19, 2007, Mukherjee said Priyanka had apprised her father on August 31, 2007 about her marriage with Rizwanur. Following this, Ashoke had contacted Rizwanur over mobile phone and asked him to convert to Hinduism, the idea which was opposed by his family members, said Mukherjee.

In response to Judge Amit Chattopadhyay’s query about Pradip Tody’s meeting with Rizwanur’ former girlfriend Pompy Roy, Mukherjee said Priyanka had come to know about the split between Rizwanur and Pompy in 2006 and so the matter was settled between the husband and wife and so the meeting between Pradip with Pompy could not be considered as an offence, he said.