Gorakhpur police has registered an FIR towards a Muslim man from Karnataka for allegedly kidnapping a 19-year-old girl from the district and forcing her to transform.
The FIR has been lodged below sections 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing girl to compel her marriage, and so forth) and 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC and below the brand new anti-conversion legislation in Uttar Pradesh.
The FIR was registered every week after the girl’s father lodged a lacking individual report when she didn’t return from faculty.
Police officers stated one Mehboob has been named within the FIR on the premise of the girl’s name information and that they aren’t positive concerning the id of the accused. A quantity within the name report was traced to Karnataka and a police group from Chiluatal police station in Gorakhpur has now left for there.
On January 5, the girl’s father, a retired Armyman, filed a lacking individual report, stating that he dropped his daughter at school the day earlier than however she didn’t return.
Per week later, based mostly on the girl’s name element information, the daddy alleged that one Mehboob grew to become her pal in 2019 after introducing himself as Hindu and had now kidnapped her. “I am sure that Mehboob can pressure my daughter for conversion…I have also come to know that he took my daughter on the pretext of getting her a job at a company,” the daddy has alleged within the FIR.
Chiluatal SHO Niraj Kumar Rai stated, “The allegation is that a Muslim youth lured his daughter and took her away to pressure her for conversion. The father did not have any information about the accused earlier and a missing person report was filed on January 5.”
“Following that, we checked the call detail record and found a number. On checking caller ID application Truecaller, we found the name Mehboob. The girl’s friends told us that she used to talk to this guy. Her father suspected that he is Muslim and based on that, the allegation of love jihad and forceful conversion has been made,” stated Rai.
“At this point, we cannot be sure if Mehboob is the original name of the person. Everything is based on the complaint and things would be clear once the woman is recovered. The location of the number is in Karnataka and a team has been sent there to recover her. The girl is a major and we cannot confirm ‘love jihad’ or if the girl has married or has changed her religion,” he added.
Campiarganj circle officer Rahul Bhati stated the police group is predicted to achieve Karnataka quickly.
