Overview

• Police in Prayagraj arrested Rubiya under the state anti-conversion law and sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged coercion and intimidation.
• Authorities have registered an FIR against Rubiya and her elder brother Rahul Kushwaha, who is currently at large.
• Officers said preliminary inquiries supported Ritika Kushwaha’s claims of pressure to adopt Islam and marry an elderly man from Kolkata.
• Rahul Kushwaha is identified in police records as a history-sheeter with prior charges including theft, bombing, robbery and a Gangster Act case.
• Family allegations of a sister’s death from harassment and armed intimidation remain unverified and are being examined by investigators.