“Uttar Pradesh: 16-year-old Hindu girl raped and forced to convert to Islam in Ayodhya, Khalid Ansari and one more arrested”, Opindia, July 16, 2023:

“A shocking case of rape of a minor Hindu girl has come to light in Kotwali Nagar of the Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh. Here, some clerics reportedly forced a 16-year-old girl to drink Zamzam (Islamic holy water) in an effort to convert her to Islam.

On July 14, her father filed a police complaint in which he named Khalid Ansari and Shivam Yadav as the perpetrators. The First Information Copy is available with OpIndia. Now, both of them have been arrested by the police. However, the identities of the clerics have not yet been made public.

The complainant revealed that Shivam Yadav was first introduced to the girl through one of her friends. After some time, the latter introduced her to Khalid Ansari who is a resident of Hasnu Katra. The accused used presents and other inducements in order to persuade her to embrace Islam. He further charged that the two offenders operated a conversion racket. They kidnapped and sold gullible Hindu females…..”

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