Love Jihad in Odisha: Kashmiri youth detained for extorting Hindu woman

Bhubaneswar, Nov 8: Mahila Police in Bhubaneswar on Friday detained Samir Mansoor, a Kashmiri Muslim youth, for allegedly blackmailing a Hindu woman from Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur with an obscene video. He was arrested after arriving from Kashmir.

According to the woman’s lawyer, she met Samir two years ago on a gaming site, where they exchanged phone numbers. Samir later visited Odisha and took her to Puri, where she learned he was Muslim. The woman claimed that when she declined to take their relationship further, Samir forced her into a physical encounter, secretly recording it. He then pressured her to change her religion and marry him, threatening to release the intimate videos publicly.

The accused reportedly extorted Rs 5 lakh from her family by threatening to upload the videos on an adult website and force her to move to Kashmir. In response, the victim filed a complaint with the police.

The woman also revealed that Samir is originally from Bihar and currently working in Kashmir. She stated that she discovered his religion several months after they first met and described the emotional distress she and her family have endured since.