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Fifty-four persons have so far been arrested under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Law, 2020, which was implemented a month ago.According to official sources, the Uttar Pradesh Police have lodged 16 FIRs, booked 86 people .
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Date: November 30, 2020
The FIR was lodged at Mansoorpur police station in Muzaffarnagar district on November 30. Two Muslim men Suleman and Nadeem were booked for allegedly trying to force a married Hindu woman to convert. They were booked under the new law as well as criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy. Both were arrested on December 6.
Case No. 3
Date: December 3, 2020
The FIR was lodged at Chiraiyakot police station in Mau district on December 3. Fourteen people have been booked under the new law. Shabab Khan aka Rahul (38) and 13 of his acquaintances were also booked for kidnapping.
Police said that Khan, who is married, and his associates, allegedly abducted a 27-year-old woman on the eve of her wedding on November 30 with the intent to change her religion. No arrests yet.