FIR filed after Hindu Yuva Vahini forcibly prevent inter-faith marriage in Moradabad
A DAY after participants of the Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) forcibly stopped a pair who had grew to become as much as sign up their marriage on the Moradabad district courtroom, police on Tuesday filed an FIR in opposition to the person beneath the anti-conversion regulation and on fees of allegedly kidnapping the girl from Ludhiana.
“We’ve got lodged an FIR in opposition to the person beneath IPC sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing girl to compel her marriage) and sections 3-Five of the UP Prevention of Illegal Conversion of Faith Act, 2021. The person has been allowed to are living along with his circle of relatives whilst we’re investigating the case, and the girl has been passed over to her circle of relatives in Ludhiana. We will be able to take appropriate criminal motion as soon as our inquiry is done,” stated Sagar Jain, Deputy SP, Civil Strains, Moradabad, the place the case is registered.
When requested why sections of the anti-conversion regulation had been invoked in opposition to the person, a police officer stated, “Prima facie, the regulation has been violated. Our probe continues to be on.”
On Monday afternoon, a bunch of Vahini participants accosted the couple outdoor the collectorate compound and accused the person of affection jihad. The couple had been later passed over to the Moradabad police whilst the Vahini participants raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram.
“The couple had been looking to sign up their marriage within the courtroom. We were given to grasp that they belong to other religions and knowledgeable the girl’s folks and in addition the Ludhiana police since a lacking grievance have been lodged at a police station there via her circle of relatives,” stated Jain.
Chatting with The Indian information from Ludhiana, Gurujeet Singh, the Investigating Officer (IO) within the Ludhiana lacking individuals case, stated, “The girl has been passed over to her folks. We had registered a kidnapping case right here in opposition to the person. We’re investigating additional.”
The Moradabad police stated the person is a resident of Karula locality within the town’s Katghar house and previous labored in a store in Ludhiana, which used to be close to the girl’s space. “They were given right into a courting and the 2 eloped to Moradabad on April 14. They had been looking to get their marriage registered one way or the other when the Vahini participants stopped them,” stated Ravindra Pratap Singh, the officer accountable for the Civil Strains Police Station in Moradabad.
Ankit Sharma, Moradabad unit leader of the Vahini, stated, “Our participants were given to grasp {that a} resident of Katghar house used to be looking to sign up his marriage with a Hindu girl in a Moradabad courtroom on Monday. We knowledgeable the world police and intercepted the couple outdoor the collectorate. That is not anything however love jihad which is probably not tolerated via the Hindu Yuva Vahini.”
