The unbelievable case of the Rajouri "bride": A woman from Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir has married 27 men from Kashmir, marrying them and subsequently disappearing.
(TTK):The situation came to light when numerous men approached the police, reporting their wives as missing. However, upon showing the photographs of their respective wives, it became evident that they were all images of the same woman.
According to a local resident from Khan Sahib in Budgam, Abdul Ahad Mir, he was approached by a marriage broker several months ago, who presented him with photographs of a prospective Rajouri bride. Mir explained, "My son has certain physical limitations. A local intermediary approached me, claiming that he could arrange a marriage for my son, with the only requirement being a payment of two lakhs." Mir and his family, along with some relatives, traveled to Rajouri and booked hotel rooms. However, the intermediary continuously postponed the marriage arrangements. "After a few days, they informed us that the girl had been involved in an accident and returned half of the money. However, a few hours later, they demanded the money back and showed us photographs of another girl. When we agreed to proceed with the marriage, the woman arrived during the late evening prayer time," In Budgam alone, she has married at least twenty-seven men with the assistance of these intermediaries.
The family returned to Kashmir on the same night. "A few days later, she informed her husband that she needed to undergo a medical checkup at the hospital. When the husband went to obtain the hospital ticket, upon his return, his wife had vanished," he told.
Apart from the three lakhs and eighty thousand rupees, we had also provided gold worth over five lakhs as the Mehr (a form of marital guarantee)," stated the father of one of the victims. Abdul Rashid, the brother of another victim, mentioned that the woman was shown to them by an intermediary during the nighttime, and the Nikah (Islamic marriage ceremony) was conducted shortly after. "She remained at our home in Chadoora Budgam for only ten days before fleeing from the hospital," Rashid added.
Mohammed Altaf Mir, a resident of Budgam in central Kashmir, revealed that he too fell victim to the woman's scheme. "They have manipulated their documents and identities, concealing their true names from everyone. She vanished from our house in the dead of night, taking everything with her," lamented Altaf.
Nisar Ahmed, another resident of Budgam, claimed that his wife accompanied his mother to the hospital and escaped from there as well. The lawyer representing the victims asserted that this is a widespread racket involving multiple individuals. "Numerous people have been swindled by this woman and others involved in the gang. While the marriage documents bear names like Zaheen, Ilayas, and Shaheena, nobody knows her true identity," the lawyer stated.
In Budgam alone, she has married at least twenty-seven men with the assistance of these intermediaries.
