Father-in-law of Rizwanur Rehman the computer graphics teacher, Ashok Todi, has denied that his daughter Priyanka had married him & claimed that she was “taken” to the Muslim youth’s house. Ashok Todi said, “It is denied & disputed that the deceased boy allegedly married my daughter Priyanka under the Special Marriage Act on August 18, 2007 in the marriage registration office of Sipra Ghosh”.

He also denied that after leaving his house in Salt Lake city, Priyanka had started her conjugal life at her husband’s residence at Park Circus. Todi said, “I say that on August 31, 2007 I had gone to meet my daughter at 7B, Tiljala Lane where she had been taken”. Ashok Todi, a wealthy industrialist who has made his fortune in the hosiery business, also denied that the police had interfered with their conjugal life.