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Uttar Pradesh Police Arrest Suspects in Two Forced Conversion and Sexual Abuse Cases

Investigations launched under rape, child abuse, anti-conversion statutes after women in Lucknow, Shahjahanpur filed FIRs this week.

Muslim man held for posing as Hindu to marry woman in UP's Pratapgarh
A cop said the victim said in her complaint that out of fear she agreed to live with the accused who took a room on rent in Tedhi Puliya area in Lucknow.
Based on a complaint from the temple priest, Mangala Prasad, police registered a case and took the man into custody. (For representation)
Woman Accuses Man of Abuse and Attempted Religious Conversion | Image: Shutterstock

Overview

  • On July 11, Hasanganj police in Lucknow registered an FIR against Mohammed Nazil and his father and brothers following allegations of long-term sexual assault, blackmail and forced conversion.
  • The Lucknow victim alleges Nazil drugged and raped her while she was in high school, coerced her conversion and marriage in August 2020, and later involved siblings Adil and Qadir in molesting their minor daughter.
  • A Shahjahanpur woman filed an FIR on July 12 accusing Mohammad Naveed alias Qasim Pathan of posing as a Hindu named Shiv Verma to entrap her online, record intimate videos and pressure her into Islam over two years.
  • Shahjahanpur police arrested Naveed late on July 12 and charged him alongside relatives under sections for rape, forced abortion and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.
  • Both Hasanganj and Shahjahanpur investigations are active under relevant IPC provisions with senior officers confirming further legal action upon completion of the probes.