While a case of love jihad was reported to the Sitapur police for forcing a minor to convert her religion, the cops in Mau district registered a case against 14 people under the ordinance against forced religious conversions after a woman eloped with her lover belonging to a different religion.
The police said that the man was already married and had cheated the woman.
Police in Mau claimed on Friday that the incident was reported from Molnalganj village under Chiraiyakot police station recently.
The FIR has been registered under sections 366, 506 and 3/5 of Uttar Pradesh law against forced religious conversions. The police have started taking action after registering the case.
The youth, who was allegedly married, eloped with a girl from a different faith before her marriage on November 30. As soon as the family members came to know about the matter, they informed the police.
The police said the complainant alleged that his 30-year-old daughter was kidnapped by a person he identified as Shabab Khan aka Rahul, for religious conversion.
He filed the complaint against Shabab Khan and 13 of his acquaintances, stating that the wedding of his daughter had been scheduled for November 30 but on the eve of the marriage Khan kidnapped her with the intent of converting her religion.
“Three teams have been deployed to arrest all the accused and recover the woman. We will soon get a breakthrough as we have some important clues,” Ghule, the Superintendent of Police of Mau, said.
Speaking on the issue, ASP Tribhuvan Nath Tripathi said that the youth was already married and a case under sections 366, 506 and 3/5 Uttar Pradesh law against forced conversion was registered.
The couple are yet to be found and police are on search.
In Sitapur, a man hailing from Tambaur locality contacted the local police and alleged that one Zibraiel had lured his minor daughter and eloped with her about a week back. He said that the accused was harassing his daughter and forcing her to convert her religion for marriage.
The cops at Tambaur claimed to have registered a case for forced conversion and arrested two of the family members of the accused.
Teams were also formed and raids were conducted to nab the accused and rescue the victim from his clutches.