Cop's lover runs to police for cover

He had turned down marriage proposal from RPF constable girlfriend after their affair turned sour; she and her family are after his life now

A? small-time model has lodged a police complaint against a woman police constable of the? RPF, saying she has been threatening him with dire consequences if he doesn't marry her.

The two had met through Internet chat about a year ago and fallen in love.

According to the Oshiwara police, Pankaj Aggrawal (30), a model staying in Lokhandwala, has lodged two non-cognisable complaints against Shama Sayyed (23), saying she and her family members have been threatening and harassing him to convert to her faith and marry her.

Aggrawal says he got to know Sayyed through a Reliance Web "find-a-friend" chat room in February last year. Soon, they were talking to each other on the phone and even exchanging pictures. Some time later, they met up and Cupid struck. "By April, we had decided we would get married soon," said Aggrawal.

DADDY'S GIRL

Things ran smooth until the girl's father learnt of the relationship in November. He said the two could marry only if Aggrawal converted. Sayyed took her father's side but her lover refused to play ball.

He told Sayyed he was ready to marry her but would not convert. It was then that Sayyed and her family members allegedly started threatening Aggrawal. "I first thought these were initial hiccups we would tide over. But when Sayyed and her family members started threatening me with dire consequences, I realised I was with the wrong girl. I told them that I didn't want to marry her anymore."

However, it got worse for Aggrawal as he started getting threatening calls and SMSes.

Finally, on December 3, Aggrawal lodged a complaint with the police. But, undeterred by all this, Sayyed and her family asked Aggrawal to meet them at their house or face consequences.

When Aggrawal refused, they landed at his house on December 12 and started knocking on his door and abusing him. A scared Aggrawal called up the Oshiwara police, which sent a constable for help.

The next day, Aggrawal lodged another complaint.

When Sayyed learnt of this, she called Aggrawal to her office in Dadar on December 14, where her seniors tried to persuade Aggrawal to withdraw his complaints and marry the girl.

Finding himself cornered, Aggrawal then approached a human rights group for help.?

"Though the group has sent its report to the police, no action has been taken. I am very scared. They keep calling me till late in the night. The girl even reached my native place in Jabalpur."

Sayyed, however, denied the charges. "I don't want to speak about my personal life in the press, but I can say that Pankaj is lying," she said.

Senior inspector Kiran Sonone of the Oshiwara police station said, "The girl is now pressurising the boy to get married to her. We have registered two complaints. It is their personal matter and there is not much for us to do."

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