Shahjehanabad police have booked a Muslim youth under Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (2020) for forcing a girl to embrace Islam and sexually assaulted her by developing relationship posing as Hindu youth.
The accused identified as Mujeeb who posed as Manish and developed friendship with the victim. The two developed relationship during the period of Covid 19 when accused used to visit her area for distribution of goods.
In the month of October last year accused accompanied victim in Bara Mahal area. Later accused broke all communications in the name of job outside Bhopal but victim searched his details and found that accused works as automobile mechanic and runs a garage. She offered to marry her but found that victim was married and also forced her to embrace Islam after which she lodged complaint.
Police confirmed that the girl was sexually assaulted and forced to embrace religion of the accused which she refused. The victim shared details with her family and later complaint was lodged with the Shahjehanabad police.
Based on the details police have registered a case under sections 376, 376(2) N and 506 of the IPC and sections 3 and 5 of Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance (2020) and started further investigation.