Twist To A Fairytale Story :Mahakumbh-Fame Girl, Monalisa, Found To Be Minor, Her Hubby Booked
A POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case was filed in the Maheshwar police station in Khargone district, after an investigation by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribe (NCST) led to disclosure that she was around 16 when she married her boyfriend, Farman, in a Kerala temple on March 11 this year.
Bhopal: The fairytale story of Monalisa Bhonsle of Prayagraj Mahakumbh fame has taken an ugly twist with the tribal girl being found to be a minor, leading to registration of FIR against her husband, Farman Khan, in a police station in Madhya Pradesh.
A POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case was filed in the Maheshwar police station in Khargone district, after an investigation by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribe (NCST) led to disclosure that she was around 16 when she married her boyfriend, Farman, in a Kerala temple on March 11 this year.
The birth certificate of Monalisa, recovered from the government hospital records has shown December 30, 2009 as her real date of birth.
Accordingly, she was 16 years, two months, and 12 days old at the time of her marriage.
Besides POCSO Act, her husband was also booked under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) related to criminal conspiracy and unlawful marriage as well as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Investigation has suggested that the couple had submitted Aadhaar cards to the authorities of Nainar Deva Temple in Kerala, where the marriage was solemnized on March 11, as proof of their age to show that they are adults.
The marriage was registered at a gram panchayat office in Kerala based on an alleged forged birth certificate, the probe has found.
The certificate was issued by the Maheshwar Municipality which mentioned her date of birth as January one, 2008.
The probe by the commission was conducted under the supervision of its chairman Antar Singh Arya.
The commission has summoned the director generals of police of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala on April 22 to know the further progress in the probe in the case, sources said.
Monalisa is a tribal belonging to the Pardhi community.
Her marriage landed in controversy when her father opposed it tooth and nail alleging it a case of love jihad.
The fairytale story of the poverty-stricken tribal girl began when her photograph showing her selling the beads at the Mahakumbh at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh in 2025 with a captivating smile, went viral on social media, making her an internet sensation overnight.
Her story transformed from a chaotic viral moment into a movie career, concluding a dramatic, controversial marriage to her boyfriend of six months in Kerala in 2026.
