New Delhi : A Hindu man, Vishal Gokavi, has accused his Muslim wife, Tehsin Hosamani, and her family of coercing him into embracing Islam after marriage in Karnataka’s Gadag district. The couple had been in a relationship for three years before they registered their marriage under the Special Marriage Act on November 26, 2024.
In a series of statements and a video that has since surfaced, Vishal alleged that Tehsin and her family had repeatedly threatened him with a false rape case if he refused to convert. He said the pressure extended to being mentally tortured and being forced to perform Islamic prayers, for which he had to send photo proof.
She insisted that we get legally married. Out of fear, I agreed, and we registered our marriage. Later, her uncle Ibrahim Saab Dawal Khan and her mother Begum Banu told her to convert me into their religion and make me attend Jamaat (Islamic congregation). She came and conveyed this to me, he said.
He said that the pressure did not come from a single individual. Several people told him to leave his Korama community and accept Islam. Threats were issued, warning that if he did not convert, a rape case would be filed against him and he would be arrested. “I was subjected to mental torture. I was warned repeatedly, ‘See what happens if you refuse.’ In the end, the conversion was forced upon me,” Vishal said.
Vishal also alleged that as the coercion continued, the girl’s uncle was sent to monitor whether he was offering namaz. He said, “I was made to take photos while praying and send them to her. She would then follow up by asking, ‘Did you perform your namaz today or not?’”
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