A Hindu has filed a case against his uncle Mohammad Shalik for assaulting and forcing him and his wife to convert to Islam after his uncle converted twenty-five years ago when he was working in Saudi Arabia.
On Thursday, September 30, Jaunpur police lodged a case against one Mohammad Shalik for assaulting and forcing his brother’s son and daughter-in-law to convert to Islam, and a case was registered under IPC sections 504, 506, and sections 3 and 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, based on the complaint filed by the victim.
Manita Prajapati is a resident of Majdeeha village in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh and Prajapati approached Shah Ganj Kotwali with her written complaint on September 30 and has that her deceased’s father-in-law’s brother has been forcing her and her husband Jitendra Prajapati to convert to Islam.
Mohammad Salik first tried to lure Manita Prajapati and her husband into adopting the religion through inducements but when they refused, he started torturing them mentally and physically and had also assaulted Jitendra Prajati frequently to exert pressure on the family.
According to Manita Prajapati, her husband’s uncle had converted 25 years ago, when he moved to Saudi Arabia and after he returned, he started exerting pressure on his brother Lorik Prajapati to adopt Islam and he refused to convert his religion.
Later when Lorik Prajapati passed away, Salik began to put pressure on his brother’s son and his family and even threatened to grab the entire property and loss of life if they did not listen to him and adopt Islam.
Manita Prajapati finally approached the police with a complaint against Mohammad Salik and the victim alleged that initially, the police did not accept her complaint and refused to take action.
However, after the intervention of the Superintendent of Police, Kotwali police took action, and now a case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion law and the accused was arrested.
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