NH Correspondent/Lucknow
The fresh Uttar Pradesh police are targeting whole Muslim family within the questionable anti-conversion process ordinance, also known as “love jihad” law, which have 79 off 86 some one reserved below they at this point are regarding the fraction area. All of them was accused away from ‘enticing’ Hindu lady and you can ‘forcing’ these to convert to Islam.
It flies facing an affidavit submitted of the Yogi Bodies regarding the Allahabad Highest Legal last week, and therefore said the regulation, officially called ‘Ban off Illegal Transformation of Religion Regulation, 2020′, was not aimed up against any particular faith however, was similarly applicable to religions and the kinds of ‘pushed conversions’.
The us government gave the new affidavit in response so you’re able to a few PILs registered on the Large Court problematic the controversial ordinance.
Household members ones kepted by the police has actually alleged one the police keeps slapped bogus charges up against him or her, nevertheless the administration claims that is not the case. In one circumstances, twenty six loved ones away from a great Muslim boy, which included four girls, was set aside from inside the Etah to possess presumably pushing an effective 21-year-old Hindu lady to transform to help you Islam. Although the marriage taken place on the November 17-18 as per the FIR lodged in the event, nearly per week before the regulation came into force, the authorities ran to come and you may reserved her or him around the specifications.
Inside the Mau, a keen FIR was lodged up against 16 members of a household, during various other case, 14 friends have been reserved into the Sitapur.
In a single case, 26 family relations off an effective Muslim child, also five girls, had been reserved in Etah; in the Mau, an FIR try lodged against 16 people in a family, whilst in Sitapur, fourteen family members was in fact reserved
As the regulation arrived to force when you look at the November a year ago, the fresh Uttar Pradesh cops enjoys submitted sixteen First Pointers Records (FIRs), significantly less than which 86 individuals have come arranged, and two slight girls and you can female, just who depending on the police was indeed presumably involved in ‘forcing’ Hindu women to transform so you’re able to Islam.
“Which regulation is contrary to the Muslims within the soul and also in action. The police has had action up against Muslims in spite of the Hindu ladies concerned offering statements they had hitched this new Muslim boys willingly. A scrutiny of your own cases submitted beneath the regulation proves my personal section,” Lenin Raghuvanshi of NGO Mans Vigilance Committee into Human Rights (PVCHR) said.
A couple of FIRs have been facing low-Muslims not as much as hence 7 people was basically kepted. These people were charged with coercing girls to convert to help you Christianity.
It could be recalled the very first arrest less than which rules was created inside Bareilly towards ed Owais Ahmad omegle try detained pursuing the an issue lodged from the father off a lady that has eloped having him. This was and even though Ahmad’s relatives had pointed aside he and the woman had studied together with her in addition to woman had remaining this lady house on her behalf individual.
In another case, a good 17-year-dated kid was detained of Bijnor having presumably pressuring a teen to transform to help you Islam. Law enforcement advertised that the accused put himself for the woman since the a Hindu and you will attempted to encourage the woman so you can get married your. They persuaded her so you’re able to list an announcement before it and and a beneficial magistrate less than area 164 of CrPc.
The newest ruling BJP possess defended the fresh regulations into party’s condition vice-chairman and lawmaker Vijay Bahadur Pathak proclaiming that the occurrences show there exists some ‘unscrupulous elements’ in the community whom use the place out-of marriage in order to propagate their ‘individual mission’. That it ‘mission’ might be nefarious and you can harmful to the ‘protection of your own nation’, the guy so-called.
The new regulation recommends a jail label as much as a decade and you can okay of up to Rs 25,100 getting religious sales accomplished around ‘fraud’, ‘coercion’ otherwise ‘enticement’.