After FIR for rape, UP man converts to marry girlfriend of 10 years

A 34-year-old Muslim man here converted to Hinduism to marry his girlfriend with whom he had an affair for the past 10 years, changing his name from Saddam to Shivshankar, police said on Monday.

SHO of Kotwali police station Devendra Singh said that three days



ago, the woman had lodged a case against Saddam and his family members in the police station for rape, forcing her to have an abortion, raping her on the pretext of marriage and threatening to kill her.

But now both have married of their own free will, Singh said.