A distressing incident has come to light where a 23-year-old woman working at a credit card company became a victim of blackmail and pressure from a man she once helped get a credit card. Identified as Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin, he allegedly threatened her with explicit content to force her into marriage and religious conversion.
The sequence of incidents began innocently enough when the victim, working diligently at a credit card company, contacted Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin in 2021 regarding a credit card application. Little did she know that this professional interaction would lead to a nightmare unfolding over the subsequent months.
Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin not only obtained a credit card through the victim but also initiated persistent contact through calls and messages on WhatsApp. Initially, their communication seemed innocuous, as the victim maintained professional courtesy due to their prior business interaction.
However, the situation took a dark turn when the victim found herself in a financial bind in 2021, needing to pay her younger brother’s school fees. She borrowed Rs. 4000 from Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin, with the understanding that it was a loan. Despite returning a portion of the amount in subsequent months, the accused allegedly shifted his focus from financial matters to personal ones.
Expressing a desire to marry the victim, Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin consistently pressured her to meet him, a proposition the victim adamantly refused. Disturbingly, when the victim attempted to return the borrowed money, Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin insisted on marriage instead.
Expressing an unsettling desire to marry the victim, Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin relentlessly pressured her to meet him. Despite her consistent refusals, he insisted on a face-to-face meeting, going as far as suggesting a meeting in a hotel room. The situation worsened when Momin began sending explicit and unwanted pornographic videos starting in 2022.
He asked her to get naked and Video Call him, or else he threatened to circulate her photograph and number telling people that she is into prostitution. Left with no option, the victim video-called Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin. In the next few days, he sent screenshots and screen recording videos of her nude video call to the victim, blackmailing and threatening her to marry him.
In a harrowing statement given to the Vanrai Police Station, the victim detailed the extent of the accused’s threats, claiming that Ansari Fauzan Mohammad Irfan Momin insisted on her conversion to Islam and forced marriage under the threat of leaking explicit content. The accused allegedly invoked religious sentiment, stating, “You are poor, marry me, and I will change your life. Mohammad Paigambar says always help the poor. What’s there in your Hindu Religion?”
The Vanrai Police Station is actively investigating the case, and legal proceedings are anticipated to bring the accused to justice. This disturbing incident highlights the vulnerability of individuals, especially women, in the face of exploitation and coercion, even within ostensibly professional settings.
