The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district have arrested 14 members of a Muslim man’s family under the new ordinance against unlawful con...
The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district have arrested 14 members of a Muslim man’s family under the new ordinance against unlawful conversions, The Times of India reported on Wednesday. Mohammad Javed, who is on the run, is accused of kidnapping and unlawfully converting a Hindu woman to Islam.
An first information report was filed at Etah’s Jalesar police station on the basis of a complaint by the woman’s father on December 17. The father, who is a local businessman, allegedly received a letter from Javed’s lawyer in Delhi, informing him about his daughter’s conversion and marriage.
“Javed and his close relatives are still absconding,” a police officer told the newspaper. The police have also announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on each of the five missing accused.
The woman, who was a neighbour of Javed, has been missing since November 17, according to The Times of India. A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code Section 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage etc) and under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020.
Jalesar Station House Officer Krishna Pal Singh said three relatives each from Javed’s family were arrested on Saturday and Sunday, while eight more were arrested on Tuesday. Singh claimed that those arrested...
