Amroha's Shabnam becomes Shivani: Mother of 3 converts to marry Class 12 student in UP

In a state where an anti-conversion law in place, a 30-year-old woman converted to Hinduism and married a 12th-grade student in a temple ceremony in Amroha district on Wednesday.

Police said they are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the marriage, but no legal complaints have been filed so far.

The woman was previously known as Shabnam and has named herself Shivani after converting to Hinduism with her three children.

PTI quoted Hasanpur Circle Officer Deep Kumar Pant as saying that has no living parents and has been married twice before.

Pant said that Shivani first married a man in Meerut, but the marriage ended in divorce. She then married Taufiq, a resident of Saidanwali village, who was left disabled after a road accident in 2011.

Recently, she developed a relationship with a boy in Class 12 and aged around 18. Subsequently, Shabnam sought and obtained a divorce from Taufiq on Friday last week. Later, she converted to Hinduism and adopted the name Shivani.

The boy's father, Dataram Singh, a Saidanwali resident, told reporters that he supports his son's decision and that the family is happy if the couple is happy. "We only hope that both live together peacefully," he said.

In Uttar Pradesh, the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 bars religious conversion through force, deceit or any other fraudulent means.