Muslim who wed Hindu girl killed
By Santoshee Mishra
Mumbai, April 27: An inter-faith marriage drama that
had played out in Mumbai several months ago involving
a young couple ended tragically on Sunday when the
groom was shot dead by unidentified assailants.
Mohammad Hanif Shah, 28, who had incurred the wrath of
several people two years ago for marrying Hema
Bhatnagar, a Hindu who took on the name Heena after
marriage and converted to Islam, was shot dead near
his residence at Mansore in Madhya Pradesh.
The local police told this newspaper that the incident
happened at around seven in the morning and quoted
eyewitnesses as having seen Shah sipping tea with his
killers moments before the murder. Tragically, Hanif
was planning the naming ceremony of their firstborn in
May and was all excited about it, friends of Hanif
told the police.
The incident had similarities with the sensational
Rizwanur Rehman-Priyanka Todi case of Kolkata, where a
Muslim boy had married a Hindu girl against her
parents' wishes. Unfortunately, the case has now ended
exactly like Kolkata's infamous love story.
Inspector Vivek Gupta of the Yashodharman Nagar police
station said that a call had been made to Hanif at
about 6.30 am on Sunday and the caller had asked Hanif
to come to the main square of Yasho-dharman Nagar,
which was near Hanif's house.
Mr Gupta said: "I think these people were known to
Hanif as he had tea with them, according to witnesses,
and there was a heated argument among them. Later on,
one of them put a revolver in Hanif's mouth and shot
him. Hanif died on the way to the hospital." When this
newspaper spoke to Heena, she said: "My husband has
been murdered. Hanif had so many plans. He wanted our
son to be named Ishan. Now it is all gone."
Heena had alleged that her family members may be
directly involved in the killing.
Mansore superintendent of police R.K. Chaudhari told
this newspaper that the possibility of Heena's parents
being behind involved in the murder of Hanif would be
investigated. "Our investigations are being carried
out to see whether it was some kind of personal
rivalry. And since Heena has blamed her parents, we
will be working on that angle as well."
Friends of the couple are distraught. One of them,
Shahid Mansoori, said: "The couple was really made for
each other. With Hanif gone, Heena has been left all
alone with their unborn baby."
Hanif's father had passed away last year during the
time when the couple was criss-crossing the nation
looking for safety.
Mohammad Hanif had fallen in love with Heena, then
Hema, and eventually they decided to marry. Hema's
family members have political connections and were
vehemently against the marriage. Opposition from many
quarters made Hanif and Heena move from city to city
looking for protection.
Last year, in the middle of August, Hanif and Heena
had approached the media in Mumbai seeking help. In
all interviews, Heena had claimed that her father was
politically very powerful and alleged that he would
have them killed if they returned to their native
Madhya Pradesh. Heena had said: "My father is against
my marriage with Hanif and he has threatened me that
they would kill Hanif if we enter the boundary of
Mansore."
Hanif, who had his own orchestra, said: "I have
legally married Hema, alias Heena, but her father
wants us to get separated as I belong to another
religion." After some time, however, the couple had
returned to their hometown thinking that nobody would
want to harm them.
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