In the amended Anti-Conversion Law, illegal religious conversion has been made a punishable offence that attracts 3 to 10 years of imprisonment. At the same time, mass religious conversions and religious conversions using foreign funds will attract a punishment of 7 to 14 years of imprisonment.
The RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale raised concern over decreasing population of Hindus and added that India needs to have an effective population policy that will be applicable across all communities.
The incident in Karnataka was discovered when a 19-year-old woman disappeared on October 5 and her mother went to Yeshwanthpur Police Station to report her missing.
The Uttar Pradesh police Friday booked a doctor named Dr Farooqui Kamal based on a complaint lodged by his employee, accusing the doctor of forcefully converting him to Islam
VHP said that the organisation heartily welcomes the decision of the Haryana Govt to introduce a bill in the Vidhan Sabha to stop illegal conversions in the state
The accused has been booked under the Gujrat Freedom of Religion Act (GFRA), making it the first case registered under the newly enacted anti-conversion law.