A Dalit girl has filed a complaint against a man named Ziyad who is from Pune, Maharashtra, after which he was taken into custody by the Gujarat Police and was subsequently sent to a three-day remand by the court.
The accused identified as Mohammad Ashif posed himself as a Hindu and introduced himself as Ashish to the woman. He also shot derogatory videos of the woman and threatened to viral them as he forced her to convert her religion to Islam. The woman on 14th October then filed a police complaint and demanded strict action against the accused.
AILAJ and Scroll oppose a Bareilly court's love jihad ruling, dismissing it as a political tool, but the judgment emphasises the real threat of religious coercion and deception.
Video showing several men beating up a youth went viral on social media with the claims that a Muslim youth was attacked for opposing the attackers from abusing Prophet Muhammad.
Mohammed Alim convicted in a love jihad case; court warns of growing threats of Pakistan and Bangladesh-style religious conversions and criticises legal oversights.
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.