“Cases of forced conversion of five women and a man to Islam observed across states”, indiafaith, April 6, 2023:
“Cases of forced conversion of five women and a man belonging to the Hindu community to Islam surfaced in March 2023 in various States. However, these cases have been recorded in media reports. The cases have been observed despite a law against forced conversion. Most cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh.
It has been observed in some cases that the accused, belonging to the Muslim community, hid their Islamic identity and trapped the Hindu girls in love and then forced them to convert to Islam by threatening her. Some of the accused were even married as per Hindu rituals in the temples and then revealed their real identity after spending some time with the victims. Moreover, some accused recorded obscene videos of the victim and used these videos while converting her to Islam.
On February 26, 2023, Dainik Jagran reported that the victim told police in her complaint that she married a man who introduced himself as Sachin. After a few days, Sachin took her to an Islamic cleric. He revealed his real name and Islamic identity and converted her to Islam, and performed marriage as per Islam forcibly. The victim further said that the accused even converted her children and changed their names to Reshma and Armaan Ali. She further alleged that the accused forced her to eat beef to defame her Hindu faith. She was a mother of two children. The incident took place in Haridwar, Uttarakhand…”
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