In a bizarre case, the Meerut police have booked a woman, bedridden since the past 20 years, under the Gangsters’ Act and named her entire family in a case pertaining to a financial transaction that never happened.
The woman, Alisha Begum (53) has been bedridden since the past 20 years due to multiple health disorders, including vision loss. She weighs around 130 kg and cannot walk on her own. Police records claim that she is a gangster.
According to reports, Alisha's husband Mohd Haneef (53) had business relations with a local businessman Naseem Qureshi. In November 2021, Qureshi filed an FIR against Haneef for not returning Rs 3.5 crore that the former claims to have given to the latter for “constructing a meat plant in Madhya Pradesh”.
"In 2021, investigation revealed that there were many lapses in handling of the case. There was no need for stringent Indian Penal Code sections, and it was merely a case of IPC 406 (breach of trust). Besides, notary agreement deed that complainant (Qureshi) had claimed to have entered into with the accused, also had flaws. The photos of the partners were picked from social media and were not as per the set standards," said Superintendent of Police Jitender Srivastava.