RANCHI: National shooting star Tara Shahdeo's ex-husband was sentenced to life imprisonment for forced religious conversion after marriage. The special CBI court in Ranchi passed the sentence. National shooting star Tara Shahdeo’s ex-husband Ranjit Kohli alias Raqibul Hassan was found guilty by the court.

The punishment comes six years after the central agency first filed a charge sheet on a complaint filed by Tara Shahdeo. Raqibul was sentenced to life imprisonment and his mother Kausar Rani was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The then High Court registrar Mushtaq Ahmed was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy.

Tara married Raqibul Hassan on 7th June 2014. In the complaint filed by Tara, it is said that from the second day after the marriage, her husband engaged in hounding her with talks about changing religion. Tara had also alleged conspiracy from the then High Court Registrar Mushtaq Ahmed in the case. CBI took over the case in 2015.

Tara got divorced in 2018 from a family court in Ranchi. According to the national shooting star, Hassan tricked Tara into the marriage by never revealing his real identity or religion. Hassan has been accused of physically torturing Tara for refusing to convert to Islam.