Gurgaon: Two men were arrested on Wednesday after a woman was allegedly assaulted, repeatedly, threatened and pressured for religious conversion.Police said they allegedly “trapped” the woman in a relationship using a false identity and one of them married her in a temple. When the woman became pregnant, she was asked to abort the child in 2023. The woman has now been admitted to a govt hospital in Sector 10 on Tuesday with serious injuries. A police team from Sector 14 recorded her statement there.Police said that the crime was executed “through a planned conspiracy”, with the accused — Aarif alias “Aarav” (35) and Tarif (34), both residents of Dhunela village in Gurgaon — targeting the woman under the guise of an insurance policy.In her written complaint, the woman said that in 2022, she worked in the insurance department of a company in Sector 15, where she met Tarif during work. Tarif introduced her to his “boss Aarav” — real name Aarif — claiming they ran a firm named SS Enterprise. ‘Aarav’ contacted her over the phone, presented himself as a Hindu and purchased an insurance policy from her. Police said ‘Aarav’ gradually won her trust, entered into a romantic relationship and met her family, portraying himself as an unmarried contractor in Gurgaon with no family responsibilities. Concealing his real identity, ‘Aarav’ married her on Sohna-Palwal Road on Nov 4, 2022, following Hindu rituals.After the marriage, when the woman became pregnant, ‘Aarav’ allegedly pressured her to undergo an abortion. When doctors informed them that the pregnancy was six months old and termination could be life-threatening, ‘Aarav’ assaulted her. During delivery, he left her at a private hospital in Sector 47 and returned only after the child was born. The victim told police that following the birth, Tarif informed the woman that ‘Aarav’ was not Hindu, that his name was Aarif and that he was already married with three children. In 2023, ‘Aarav’ took her to Dhunela, where his mother Jaituni, wife Arshida, and brothers Irshad, Nomen and Momen assaulted her and pressured her to convert to Islam.Police said the woman later left the house out of fear and began living in Rajiv Nagar, leaving the child behind. On Monday, ‘Aarav’ came to her accommodation, assaulted her, and threatened to kill her if she did not convert. “Aarif admitted that Tarif, who earlier worked as his driver, helped him contact the victim through insurance-related work,” police spokesperson Sandeep Kumar said.
