lawyers created ruckus at Barabanki court compound in protest against alleged conversion of a girl who was kidnapped more than seven months back and rescued by the cops on Wednesday. Senior officers who later summoned more police force somehow managed to defuse the situation and get the victim record her statement before the magistrate.
Reports said that a resident of Tilharan hamlet of Fatehpur in Barabanki, lodged a report with the local police that his 22-year-old daughter, who went to appear for her examination for Bachelor of Arts (Second Year), on March 26 last, did not returned home and was missing. He also named Israr, a native of Palbhay Kachnar hamlet of Mohamedi in lakhimpur Kheri district, and claimed that the accused had kidnapped his daughter. The local police registered a case of kidnapping and made several efforts to trace out the whereabouts of the accused and nab him but they failed in their attempt. Finally on last Monday, the cops get a clue about the girl and they raided a house in Fatehpur area and rescued the girl. As they found that the accused had converted the girl so they decided to get the statement of the victim recorded before a magistrate.
However the matter took an ugly turn when demanding stern action against the accused, hundred of lawyers gathered in the court compound and created ruckus over converting the girl from Hindu to Muslim. later senior officers reached the spot along with heavy police force and managed to defuse the situation from taking communal colour. Meanwhile reports from Bahraich confirmed that the district administration has ordered probe into incident of alleged conversion reported from Kamlapuri village area. “Prima facie it seems to be mischief of someone as nothing of this sort was detected in police inquiry, but a magisterial inquiry has also been ordered,” District
Magistrate Satyendra Singh disclosed, adding that the report of sub divisional magistrate (SDM) is likely to be received later in the evening. An inquiry had been ordered following media reports on December 15 that some persons were allegedly forced to convert to a particular religion in Kamlapuri dominated by Dalits and most backwards under Matehi Kalan gram panchayat. The village has been adopted by BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule whose local representative Sureshwar Singh also denied the reports.The reports come close on the heels of the alleged forced re-conversion of about 100 persons by an RSS-affiliate in Agra on December 8.
Meanwhile reports from Ghazipur district confirmed that local police had detained 110 activists of the Hindu Yuva Vahini(HYV) when they were going to hold a ‘ Ghar Vapsi’ programme of re-conversion in Godha area on Thursday. HYV, an organisation led by BJP MP from Gorakhpur Mahant Adityanath, had earlier announced to hold the conversion programme in Ghazipur. Police sources said that 110 activists of the HYV were detained on Thursday morning and later they were released in the evening. However, during their detention at police lines, the activists raised slogans in support of Nathuram Godse and Veer Sarvakar. “Our organisation has always supported the ideology of Godse and Sarvakar,” the HYV leaders claimed.
Meanwhile two more cases of rape were reported from Barabanki and Fatehpur respectively. In Barabanki, a 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped allegedly by a youth in Kursi area. The minor girl was kidnapped and later on sexually assaulted by accused Vimlesh when she was going to the fields on Wednesday evening, Station Officer Brijesh Singh disclosed. A case has been registered by the victim’s father and efforts are on to nab the accused, who was reportedly absconding from his house.
In Fatehpur, 19-year-old daughter of a local villager hailing from Rani Sagar Nandapur area of Bindki in Fatehpur, went to collect fodder from the neighbouring fields to graze her cattle. However, according to the victim, when she was cutting grass in the field at Nariacha-Khujha area, a local youth whom she identified as Anees, nabbed her. She took the accused to nearby secluded place and raped her on Wednesday evening. The accused also attacked the girl with sharp edged weapon and injured her after she tried to resist the rape bid. A case has been registered in this regard by the police and efforts were on to nab the accused.