Kanchan Mishra Let Go by NCW

New Delhi: May 13, 2003

Purnima Advani, the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), after meeting with Kanchan Mishra, the woman who was reported to be abducted by the notorious criminal Sultan Mian and forced to marry him, asked the Bihar police to release her after Mishra stated that her marriage to Mian was consensual.

In her deposition before the NCW on Saturday, Mishra said that she married Sultan Mian because she loved him and not because she was forced to do so as reported in the media. Mishra also said that she was very happy with Mian and wanted to stay with him.

Advani did, however, say that Mishra looked a little scared during her appearance before the NCW.

Mishra's story caused a huge uproar among many people but in the end, the only good thing that came out of it was the arrest of Sultan Mian who has been accused in dozens of murder, robbery, extortion and abduction cases. Last week he also confessed of his role in the murder of Patna City businessman Manoj Kamalia. Many are hoping it would be enough for the justice system to send him to into incarceration for life without parole.