Court recognised marriage of 13 year old Maria Bibi to Shehryar Ahmed. Father’s habeas corpus plea dismissed. Court said she embraced Islam and was in husband’s custody. Lahore High Court earlier rejected the father’s appeal.
Shukla told police that he was taken to a mosque, made to recite religious verses, given a forged Aadhaar in a changed name and thrashed whenever he tried to escape, before finally fleeing to a police outpost.
Mirzapur police have arrested Maulvi Khalilul Rahman, the alleged mastermind behind a religious conversion racket operating through local gyms. Authorities sealed four fitness centers after victims reported being trapped in relationships and blackmailed into changing their religion using private videos.