Hina, a Pilibhit resident, filed a complaint with Bareilly police around a month and a half after their marriage, alleging Pandit Shankhdhar of forcing her to embrace Hinduism. Hina has also accused her husband, Prem Shankar Gupta, and her brother-in-law of tricking her into marriage.
As ironic as it may sound, Aftab Amin Poonawalla was also a 'women's rights activist.' In 2014, he shared a post that read, "Women are not born with labels."
The deceased, identified as Sunil Kumar, a resident of Jianagla village in Bareilly, was killed over an alleged love affair with a girl from the Muslim community in the same village, the family has stated.