The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday, 5th August, arrested one individual identified as Salman for abducting, raping and forcefully converting the religion of a minor girl. The incident is reportedly from the Subhash Nagar area of Bareilly, after which the police booked the accused under BNS, 2023 and POCSO, 2012.
According to the reports, a minor girl aged 16 was reported missing from the Subhash Nagar area of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The parents of the girl had filed a missing person complaint. Later it was discovered that the accused Salman of CB Jang area had abducted the girl on 9th May. The police took cognisance of the event and started searching for the accused whose location was traced to Himachal Pradesh.
However, after around 2 months, the accused returned to Bareilly with the girl. The accused was aware that the police was looking for him so he kept changing his location between Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Eventually, he thought that the intensity of the police search has reduced which brought him back to Bareilly.
The Hindu organisations learned about Salman’s return and informed the police who arrested the accused and recovered the girl.
The police investigated the case and discovered that the accused had forcefully married the girl and converted her religion to Islam. The accused, during the interrogation, confirmed to the police that he abducted the girl and changed her name to Mariyam. The girl meanwhile confirmed that she was raped for around 2 months and forced to change her religion to Islam.
CO Sandeep Singh commented on the issue and said that Hindu organisations had demanded action in the case on 31st July. On the arrest of the accused, it was discovered that the accused had abducted, raped, and forcefully converted the girl to Islam.
Notably, this is not the first time Salman had tried this crime. Earlier as well he had made an attempt to kidnap the girl after which a complaint against him was filed at CB Ganj Police Station. The police at present are investigating both cases.
“Salman has been arrested. Strict action will be taken. Probe underway,” the police added.
