833 held in 427 situations of forcible non secular conversion in UP since Jan 2021

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: Amid the fun created all through the nation over forcible non secular conversions by the film ‘The Kerala Story’, the Uttar Pradesh police has registered an entire of 427 non secular conversion-related situations between January 1, 2021, and April 30, 2023, inside the state. In all 833 arrests have been made up to now on this connection.

Notably, the Yogi Adityanath authorities launched an ordinance over the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act on November 27, 2020, inside the wake of accelerating incidents of forcible non secular conversions and failed inter-religious relationships inside the state.

The ordinance grew to change into an Act after the state governor’s assent to it in February 2021. Since then, the state authorities has been performing highly effective in the direction of these indulging in forcible non secular conversion by luring the ladies of 1 group by hiding their distinctive id.

As per the extraordinarily positioned sources inside the police division, in 185 situations, the victims confessed in courtroom docket that that they had been forcibly reworked. 65 situations of conversion pertained to minors up to now.

So far, Bareilly zone has reported the perfect number of 86 situations adopted by 59 situations in Gorakhpur, 53 in Lucknow, 47 in Meerut, 46 in Prayagraj, and 39 in Varanasi.  In phrases of police commissioners, the state capital Lucknow tops the tally with  20 situations adopted by 19 in Kanpur, 13 in Prayagraj, and 10 in Noida. 

Furthermore, 299 had been named in FIRs registered in Prayagraj, 235 in Bareilly, 153 inside the Lucknow zone, 141 in Meerut, 135 in Varanasi, and 128 in Gorakhpur. Even the Prayagraj zone tops the report by the use of arrests as 163 accused had been taken into custody.

Besides, 137 arrests have been made in Bareilly, 124 in Lucknow, 101 in Varanasi, 81 in Gorakhpur, 65 in Meerut, 37 inside the Agra zone,  and 21 in Kanpur up to now.

As per the statistics shared by the state residence division, 65 situations of conversion of minors have been registered, along with 12 situations inside the Meerut zone, 10 in Gorakhpur, 9 in Bareilly, 5 in Agra, 4 situations each in Lucknow and Prayagraj, and two situations in Varanasi. 

As the state police observe the situations registered beneath anti-conversion laws with due diligence, the authorities assure to eliminate the situations quickly.

As per the data, solely 13 Of the 53 situations had been inside the Lucknow zone and 12 of 59 situations inside the Gorakhpur zone. The investigation is happening inside the remaining 9 situations in Prayagraj, 8 in Bareilly, 3 in Meerut and two situations in Varanasi. 

“We initiate a speedy investigation into the case of religious conversions on a priority basis for their timely disposal,” says a senior police official.

The official figures reveal that from January 1, 2021, to April 30, 2023, as many as 185 victims have confessed sooner than the courtroom docket that that they had been forcibly reworked. 47 victims in Bareilly, 32 in Meerut, 13 in Prayagraj, 12 in Gorakhpur, 11 in Agra, 10 in Lucknow, and 10 in Varanasi zone have confessed the equivalent.

As per the provisions of UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion  Act-2021, an accused of forcible non secular conversions is liable to a jail time interval numerous between one to five years, together with fines of as a lot as Rs 15,000 for these convicted beneath it. The jail time interval goes as a lot as 10 years and a top quality of as a lot as Rs 25,000 for conversions of women belonging to scheduled caste or scheduled tribe communities or who’re minors.

LUCKNOW: Amid the fun created all through the nation over forcible non secular conversions by the film ‘The Kerala Story’, the Uttar Pradesh police has registered an entire of 427 non secular conversion-related situations between January 1, 2021, and April 30, 2023, inside the state. In all 833 arrests have been made up to now on this connection.

Notably, the Yogi Adityanath authorities launched an ordinance over the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act on November 27, 2020, inside the wake of accelerating incidents of forcible non secular conversions and failed inter-religious relationships inside the state.

The ordinance grew to change into an Act after the state governor’s assent to it in February 2021. Since then, the state authorities has been performing highly effective in the direction of these indulging in forcible non secular conversion by luring the ladies of 1 group by hiding their distinctive id.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

As per the extraordinarily positioned sources inside the police division, in 185 situations, the victims confessed in courtroom docket that that they had been forcibly reworked. 65 situations of conversion pertained to minors up to now.

So far, Bareilly zone has reported the perfect number of 86 situations adopted by 59 situations in Gorakhpur, 53 in Lucknow, 47 in Meerut, 46 in Prayagraj, and 39 in Varanasi.  In phrases of police commissioners, the state capital Lucknow tops the tally with  20 situations adopted by 19 in Kanpur, 13 in Prayagraj, and 10 in Noida. 

Furthermore, 299 had been named in FIRs registered in Prayagraj, 235 in Bareilly, 153 inside the Lucknow zone, 141 in Meerut, 135 in Varanasi, and 128 in Gorakhpur. Even the Prayagraj zone tops the report by the use of arrests as 163 accused had been taken into custody.

Besides, 137 arrests have been made in Bareilly, 124 in Lucknow, 101 in Varanasi, 81 in Gorakhpur, 65 in Meerut, 37 inside the Agra zone,  and 21 in Kanpur up to now.

As per the statistics shared by the state residence division, 65 situations of conversion of minors have been registered, along with 12 situations inside the Meerut zone, 10 in Gorakhpur, 9 in Bareilly, 5 in Agra, 4 situations each in Lucknow and Prayagraj, and two situations in Varanasi. 

As the state police observe the situations registered beneath anti-conversion laws with due diligence, the authorities assure to eliminate the situations quickly.

As per the data, solely 13 Of the 53 situations had been inside the Lucknow zone and 12 of 59 situations inside the Gorakhpur zone. The investigation is happening inside the remaining 9 situations in Prayagraj, 8 in Bareilly, 3 in Meerut and two situations in Varanasi. 

“We initiate a speedy investigation into the case of religious conversions on a priority basis for their timely disposal,” says a senior police official.

The official figures reveal that from January 1, 2021, to April 30, 2023, as many as 185 victims have confessed sooner than the courtroom docket that that they had been forcibly reworked. 47 victims in Bareilly, 32 in Meerut, 13 in Prayagraj, 12 in Gorakhpur, 11 in Agra, 10 in Lucknow, and 10 in Varanasi zone have confessed the equivalent.

As per the provisions of UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion  Act-2021, an accused of forcible non secular conversions is liable to a jail time interval numerous between one to five years, together with fines of as a lot as Rs 15,000 for these convicted beneath it. The jail time interval goes as a lot as 10 years and a top quality of as a lot as Rs 25,000 for conversions of women belonging to scheduled caste or scheduled tribe communities or who’re minors.