Conversions in UP: 835 circumstances registered, 1,682 arrested in 4 years | India Information

LUCKNOW: As many as 835 circumstances have been registered within the state until July 31 beneath the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Illegal Conversion of Faith Act since its inception in 2020. A complete of 1,682 individuals have been arrested in these circumstances.
The commissionerate of Ghaziabad and the districts of Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Saharanpur, and Shahjahanpur have taken most motion in these circumstances.
State DGP Prashant Kumar mentioned that senior officers are monitoring investigations in all of the circumstances pertaining to unlawful conversions.
“Police officers have been directed to provoke motion primarily based on proof. Those that supply allurement, inducement, and undertake unlawful means for conversion wouldn’t be spared and motion could be taken towards them,” he mentioned. “Now we have filed a cost sheet in nearly 98% circumstances until now, which is about 818 circumstances, whereas 17 circumstances are nonetheless beneath probe,” mentioned Kumar. Kumar mentioned that total, 2,708 individuals have been named within the 835 circumstances.
Senior police officers mentioned that 124 of these whose position was not discovered have been let off. “Seventy others named within the circumstances have surrendered in court docket,” the officer mentioned.
“We additionally be certain that no harmless particular person is harassed by the police. All of the circumstances during which fees of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Illegal Spiritual Conversion have been slapped are being monitored on the headquarters stage,” the DG added.
One other officer mentioned that until now, conviction has been achieved in 4 circumstances.
“Most of the circumstances are beneath trial and we’re vigorously monitoring such circumstances,” mentioned the officer. In one among these circumstances, the police additionally hooked up the properties of Sitapur resident, Zubrail, who was booked beneath the legislation in December final yr. The accused, who was declared a proclaimed offender, has been on the run since then. In the meantime, one Afzal was given a sentence of 5 years and imposed a nice of Rs 40,000 in Amroha.
Speaking about one other case, a senior police officer in Lucknow mentioned {that a} Muslim lady, who was a resident of Lucknow, had lodged an FIR at Indiranagar police station accusing her husband Ashraf, who can also be head of a shrine in Karnataka, of operating a ‘love jihad’ marketing campaign beneath anti-conversion legal guidelines on July 6. She mentioned that the case was transferred to Bangalore. Just lately, circumstances have additionally come up during which a pair visiting Sitapur together with vacationers from Brazil was booked beneath the legislation for allegedly forcing individuals to transform to Christianity.
In the meantime, govt-aided Sam Higginbottom College of Agriculture, Expertise and Sciences (SHUATS) in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has landed in contemporary hassle with the Fatehpur police lodging an FIR towards eight of its officers, together with the vice-chancellor and two professional vice-chancellors, for prison conspiracy, and beneath the UP Prohibition of Illegal Conversion of Faith.