In a sensational incident, the body of a woman, who appeared to be strangulated after being raped, was recovered from the bushes near a village in Bahraich district on Friday.
The police suspect it to be a case of murder and claimed that rape would be only confirmed once the post-mortem report was
Less Than a Month After UP s Love Jihad Ordinance, a Spate of FIRs
According to one report, at least 34 persons have been arrested so far in the state under the recently promulgated ordinance.
Representative image of Uttar Pradesh police. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The total number of FIRs filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 202o has risen to 11 with fresh cases registered in Shahjahanpur and Kannauj, meaning it has been invoked approximately once every 48 hours since its promulgation on November 27, reported
At least 34 persons have been arrested so far, the police in various districts said.
Ground Zero | Love on the razor’s edge in Uttar Pradesh
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December 12, 2020 11:33 IST
A flurry of FIRs against consensual inter-faith relationships and marriages have been registered in Uttar Pradesh ever since the government introduced a law against forced conversion by marriage. Omar Rashid reports on couples who live in fear and the police that is invoking the law with fervour
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Sarvesh Kumar Shukla and his wife Rekha stand outside their house in Makhu Behar village in Sitapur. The couple’s eldest daughter allegedly eloped with a Muslim man who lived in the same neighbourhood on November 23, 2020. The man and his family have been booked under the U.P. government’s new ordinance.