A Muslim couple Hina and Mustafa ran a religious conversion racket under the guise of sewing-embroidery centre, pushing unsuspecting non-Muslims to embrace Islam.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the unidentified accused under sections 126 (2), 74 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Another nurse Mehnaaz and a ward boy Junaid, who also worked at the hospital, helped Shahnawaz to execute the heinous crime. The trio has been arrested.
A farmer Alidad Khan (75), lost his life due to a heart attack. When the family asked a local Imam to recite funeral prayers, he refused to do so, alleging that the deceased man was a BJP supporter.
The duo alleged that Sapna alias Rakshanda Khan used to encourage Hindu girls to befriend Muslim boys and do Nikah with them after converting to Islam. They also alleged that Rakshanda used to keep Hindu girls in groups with Muslim boys at the academy situated on Kanth Road. The duo said that Rakshanda Khan was originally a Hindu, however, converted to Islam before marrying a Muslim man named Shahnawaz Khan 17 years ago.
The hospital's staff told the officials that Dr Salma Nasir runs the hospital. The health department team also found an illegal pathology lab being run in the hospital.
It is important to note that the death of Maulana which happened due to a gunshot was peddled by Islamists as a murder. Several Islamists on social media insinuated that Maulana Mohammed Akram's death might be a religiously motivated hate crime.
During the investigation of the Munda Pandey shooting case, the police found out that the accused Muslim had been harassing the victim's family for a long time.