Sunday, July 30, 2006
Hindu Man Saves Muslim Woman in Taj City
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra: Language and religion posed no barriers for a Hindu tea stall owner as he came to the rescue of a distressed Muslim woman from Kolkata being forced into prostitution- she has now decided to marry her savior.
Bhagwat, who runs a tea stall at St. John's College crossing here, not far from the monument to love, the Taj Mahal, doesn't speak a word of Bengali. Nor can 25-year-old Mumtaz understand all he says. But the pair knew the language of love.
An unsuspecting Mumtaz, who disappeared 3 months ago from Bhagwangulla village in West Bengal, came to Agra with a woman who wanted to "sell" her to a brothel here.
When Mumtaz learnt what was in store for her, after accidentally overhearing the woman companion's telephonic conversation, she lost no time in running away from the Agra railway station.
Spotting her in distress at the College Crossing, Bhagwat provided her shelter and food at his home. Mumtaz began to help him at his tea stall during the day- and promptly fell in love with him.
When policemen and her mother came from Kolkata looking for her, Mumtaz refused to go back. She told her mother she wanted to marry Bhagwat and stay in Agra.
The mother gave her consent to the marriage, but the West Bengal Police were in a dilemma because they had registered a case of kidnapping and that required the woman's presence in the court. But Mumtaz refused to quit Agra- and Bhagwat
Agra: Language and religion posed no barriers for a Hindu tea stall owner as he came to the rescue of a distressed Muslim woman from Kolkata being forced into prostitution- she has now decided to marry her savior.
Bhagwat, who runs a tea stall at St. John's College crossing here, not far from the monument to love, the Taj Mahal, doesn't speak a word of Bengali. Nor can 25-year-old Mumtaz understand all he says. But the pair knew the language of love.
An unsuspecting Mumtaz, who disappeared 3 months ago from Bhagwangulla village in West Bengal, came to Agra with a woman who wanted to "sell" her to a brothel here.
When Mumtaz learnt what was in store for her, after accidentally overhearing the woman companion's telephonic conversation, she lost no time in running away from the Agra railway station.
Spotting her in distress at the College Crossing, Bhagwat provided her shelter and food at his home. Mumtaz began to help him at his tea stall during the day- and promptly fell in love with him.
When policemen and her mother came from Kolkata looking for her, Mumtaz refused to go back. She told her mother she wanted to marry Bhagwat and stay in Agra.
The mother gave her consent to the marriage, but the West Bengal Police were in a dilemma because they had registered a case of kidnapping and that required the woman's presence in the court. But Mumtaz refused to quit Agra- and Bhagwat
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