14 arrested in Etah, 3 in Azamgarh under UP s anti-conversion law
Wed, Dec 23 2020 12:19:41 PM
Lucknow, Dec 23 (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh police is working strictly under the newly formulated anti-conversion law. They have arrested over a dozen for converting a woman to Islam and three for trying to convince people to accept Christianity.
In Etah, the police arrested eight people on the charge of forcible conversion of a 21-year-old girl and then getting her married.
In Azamgarh, three other people were arrested under the new state law.
The case under the new anti-conversion law was filed on Thursday in Jalesar in Etah on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman s father, a businessman.
UP Police Arrest 17 People In Etah, Azamgarh Under State s Newly Formulated Anti-Conversion Law
Women hold placards and form a human chain to protest against love
jihad and conversion to Islam. (Original picture by Mujeeb Faruqui/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)
The Uttar Pradesh police is working strictly under the newly formulated anti-conversion law. They have arrested over dozen for converting a woman to Islam and three for trying to convince people to accept Christianity.
In Etah, the police arrested eight people on the charge of forcible conversion of a 21-year-old girl and then getting her married.
In Azamgarh, three other people were arrested under the new state law.