Bareilly

The deceased Harbans Lal, aged 79 years, had an ongoing dispute with his Muslim neighbours over the cooking of meat and wanted to put fibre sheets on the wall to keep the smell of meat out.

The PIL challenged an order by an Uttar Pradesh court that defined 'Love Jihad' as an act in which Muslim men systematically target' Hindu women for conversion to Islam through marriage and fraudulently marry Hindu women 'under the pretence of love' in order to convert them.

In Islam 786 is said to be the numeric representation of the Arabic phrase ‘Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim’ which Muslims recite on various occasions.

The family of the girl confirmed that the accused had been harassing her constantly. "She was happy with the arranged marriage we fixed for her. All the preparations for the engagement were also done. But she decided to end he life due to constant harassment by the accused," the maternal uncle of the girl said.

Following this, Abdul, Pappu and two others began thrashing the Hindu victim. The complainant alleged that accused Abdul hit him with a rod. Soon after, local people arrived, however, they allegedly threatened the victim.

Fareen Ahmed raped a 7-year-old girl by claiming to be a Kinnar, but a court-ordered gender test showed that he is male

The trio was travelling to attend a wedding in Faridpur on Sunday. Earlier, they had attended a family function in Budaun on Saturday night and took the Budaun-Faridpur route instead of the usual Moradabad-Bareilly route and relied completely on Google Maps.

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Aalim has been arrested and charged with rape, criminal intimidation, and voluntarily causing harm. His father, Mohd Sabir, has also been charged with criminal intimidation under IPC section 504.