forced conversion

Hina, a Pilibhit resident, filed a complaint with Bareilly police around a month and a half after their marriage, alleging Pandit Shankhdhar of forcing her to embrace Hinduism. Hina has also accused her husband, Prem Shankar Gupta, and her brother-in-law of tricking her into marriage.

He snapped her objectionable pictures and videos and demanded Rs 1 lakh to delete them. He also sent them to her relatives.

Gupta belonged to the Kasganj area but stayed in Manipuri as he worked for Javed in his seed shop. It is believed that the accused persons murdered Gupta and hung his body by the roof. The accused persons also tried to damage Gupta's face by pouring acid on it.

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 statement of reasons of the bill tabled by CM Yogi Adityanath noted that the existing provisions under the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 are not sufficient and they should be made as stringent as possible.

The duo alleged that Sapna alias Rakshanda Khan used to encourage Hindu girls to befriend Muslim boys and do Nikah with them after converting to Islam. They also alleged that Rakshanda used to keep Hindu girls in groups with Muslim boys at the academy situated on Kanth Road. The duo said that Rakshanda Khan was originally a Hindu, however, converted to Islam before marrying a Muslim man named Shahnawaz Khan 17 years ago.

The perpetrator worked as a brick kiln worker in the Basti area of Uttar Pradesh where he lured the victim.

The accused threatened to murder the victim and her family members and sexually exploited her for two years.

When Ram Niwas Singh requested Official Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia, Nazim Hussain Al-Jafri, to stop targetting him, he said, "Bring faith, and I’ll fix everything. Recite the Kalma, and everything will be fine. I’ll secure your children’s future too. What have you gained from Hinduism?

Allahabad HC denied bail to a Muslim man Imtiyaz Ansari who had pretended to be a Hindu, converted woman to Islam