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India: forced disappearance and honour killing of Mehjabeen @Medha Nagar 
.Issue: Right to life with dignity, forced disappearance, honour killing, right to freedom of religion and choice.
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Dear Friends,Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, a membership based organization based inVaranasi directly came to know about this case from Mehjabeen @ Medha Nagar husband Faijur rehman @Riyajuddin. The Hon’b High Court allowed her to go and live at a place andperson of her own choice but she was forcibly taken by her father Abhay Ram Nagar from theCourt. When Faij ur Rehman and Mehjabeen resisted and advocate Manoj Mishra intervenedthe cops then said they would release her from the Nari Niketan. Cops then took Mehjabeen toVaranasi in the car provided by Abhay Ram Nagar in which Abhay Ram Nagar and hisassociates were also sitting.
Case detail:Faij ur Rehman @Riyajuddin @Raju, resident of N 15/117 D-3 Sudamapur, Police Station Bhelupura,Varanasi Uttar Pradesh, on November 02, 2011 and stated that Mehjabeen @ Medha Nagar beallowed to leave the Nari Niketan (women’s home) and live at a place of her own choicehttp://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/72988926?access_key=key-1u5y90ncl6n8tup3dmxm Faij ur Rehman had filed this petition with the High Court against the decision of the ACJM-2(Varanasi court) given on 13
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September, 2011 to keep Mehjabeen in Nari Sanrakshan Grih for 30days. But instead of following the orders from the High Court the Nari Sanrakshan Grih Shivpur,brought the victim Mehjabeen to the Varanasi court on Novmber 03, 2011 where the ACJM gaveorders to keep her in the Sanrakshan Grih till November 05, 2011 and then present her before thecourt.Mehjabeen pleaded before the ACJM-2 court to let her go with her husband and protect her from her father. During the proceedings some of the lawyers virtually killed the rights and choice of Mehjabeeninside the Varanasi court premises. Advocate Ajai Singh and his associates created a scene topressurize Mehjabeen to go with her father. Faij ur Rehman and his associates were threatened toleave the court premises. It was around 4 pm that the court passed an order for Mehjabeen to bereleased from the Nari Niketan. Mehjabeen was taken to Nari Niketan and then set free immediately.At the Nari Niketan Mehjabeen was forced to go (abducted) with Abhay Ram, resident of N 15/104 C,Sudamapur, Nagwa, police station Bhelupur, Varanasi, elder brother of father Ranjan Ram Nagar, awomen relative of Mehjabeen who is also an advocate along with five –six other people. When Faij ur Rehman, husband of Mehjabeen, reached Nari Niketan along with Mukhtar and human rights activistJahir Anwar they were given life threat to leave. Mehjabeen was taken away in front of Faij ur Rehman. Mehjabeen tried to protest the move but was not supported by any of the Nari NIketan staff.Though the entire staff of the Nari Niketan was watching what happened with Mehjabeen but none of them helped her neither did they informed police about the incident. As soon as Mehjabeen wasabducted from the Nari Niketan the information was immediately passed on to the police on phone
 
number 100 by Faij ur Rehman from his cell phone number 9307202820 at around 5.20 pm. But thepersonnel on duty on the phone number 100 told Faij ur Rehman to “go to police station” and informabout the incident.Faij ur Rehman then informed human rights worker Mrityunjay Rai, who reached Nari Niketan toenquire. But the staff there not only abused both but even threatened to cool them down (brutalbeating) and hand over to police if they did not left the place immediately. Once again at 5.32 pm Faijur rehman informed cops about the kidnapping of his wife on phone number 100 from the cell phonenumber 7376556306. This time the phone was kept on hold.When Rukhsana the mother–in-law of Mehjabeen went to the Bajardiha police out post to lodge acomplaint regarding the kidnapping she was asked to report the matter to the Bhelupura policestation. When she reached the Bhelupura police station and asked for an FIR in the kidnapping casethe cops on duty said that “it was good that the girl was taken away by her father” and if she insistedshe would be put behind bars.Faij ur Rehman made an attempt to send fax information to the DIG Varanasi but he was told tocome to the office and file a complaint. At the DIG office both Faij ur Rehman and Mrityunjay Rai gavethe information at 9 pm and also gave copies of the orders from the High Court Allahabad datedNovember 02, 2011 and order from the Varanasi court dated September 13, 2011 along with the letter of complaint. The DIG Ram Kumar gave order to the Bhelupur police to take action but the cops didnot took any action till November 11, 2011.There is a need for a magistrate probe in to the role of police department, district level advocates andhonourable judges in the case of Mehjabeen’s @ Medha Nagar’s change of religion, love marriageand kidnapping. The probe will protest the rights of a woman belonging to the minority community andwill ensure others like Mehjabeen do not suffer.
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Mehjabeen had left her family religion Hinduism and adopted Islam on July 27, 2011. She hadinformed about the change of religion to the district magistrate by a registered post on August17, 2011 and to the general public on August 07, 2011 through a newspaper advertisement.(copy attached)
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When Mehjabeen expressed her wish to adopt Islam and marry a Muslim youth Faij ur rehman, the father Abhay Ram Nagar started physical and mental torture of Mehjabeen.Upset with the attitude of her father Mehjabeen left her house on August 21, 2011 and went toBajardiha police out post for help but could not get any help.
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On the evening of August 21, 2011 Faij ur rehman son of Liyakat Gani a resident of housenumber N 15/117-D-3 Sudamapur, Bajardiha, police station Bhelupur, District Varanasi gotmarried (Nikah) as per the Muslim rituals with Mehjabeen.
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On being harassed by the in charge of the Bajardiha police out post the family members of Faij ur rehman approached the PVCHR
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The PVCHR informed on August 23, 2011 to the National Human Rights Commission,Director IG, District Magistrate, IG, station house officer Bhelupur about the change of religionand marriage (Nikah) of Mehjabeen
 
 
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On August 24, 2011 Mehjabeen forwarded a note regarding her change of religion, securitythreat from her father to the National Human Right Commission, DIG, DGP (Uttar Pradesh),police station Bhelupur 
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On August 24, 2011 the Bhelupur police registered a FIR against Faij ur rehman, his father and mother for abduction of Mehjabeen, though Mehjabeen had on August 21, 2011,informed about her Nikah and atrocities from her father. Abhay Ram Nagar had sent his FIRby post on August 22, 2011
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On August 27, 2011 the human rights workers Jahir Anwar who was helping in theMahjabeen case was detained
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When the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi intervened Jahir was left atmidnight
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Mehjabeen was detained by the Bhelupur police on the intervening night of August 27/28,2011 at around 12.30 am from one of her relative’s place. There was no female cop with thepolice team when they lifted Mehjabeen and she was kept in the police station for the wholenight.
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When human rights worker Mrityunjay Rai spoke to the case in charge Raghav Ram Mishraand asked him about the information regarding Mehjabeen’s Nikah and change of religiongiven in advance to the police the case in charge said the investigation will be done only uponthe basis of the FIR filed by Mehjabeen’s father. When the officer was asked about thestatement of Mehjabeen and her appearance in the court the officer disconnected the call
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Mehjabeen was mentally tortured in the police custody by her father. Though she never wanted to speak to him by her father continuously tried to persuade her 
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In the name of investigation and police custody Mehjabeen was kept in Bhelupur policestation and district women police station for a week. Her statement in this period was notgiven any heed by the police and instead they pressurized her to give statement against Faijur rehman
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August 30, 2011 Faij ur rehman gave an application in the court to bring report on the case.Thereafter police presented Mehjabeen in the court on September 03, 2011
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