Dalit man beaten, paraded by Bajrang Dal workers for 'attempting religious conversion’ in UP's Fatehpur
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dalit man beaten, paraded by Bajrang Dal workers for 'attempting religious conversion’ in UP's Fatehpur

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: A 47-year-old Dalit man from Behlopur Alai village of Fatehpur district was beaten and paraded with his head tonsured for allegedly trying to "coerce a group of residents to convert to Christianity" on Friday. However, on the basis of the complaint filed by Shivbadan, Fatehpur police lodged and FIR against Rohit Dixit, Lavlesh Singh, and Somkaran along with a number of unidentified persons. Police have also registered a counter FIR against Shivbadan and three others based on a complaint filed by Rohit Dixit. The group of villagers accused Shivbadan of engaging in religious conversions to Christianity hence a case was registered against him as well, said the police sources.

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Maharajganj: Police arrest 4 for forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity
4 days, 20 hours ago

Maharajganj: Police arrest 4 for forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity

Op India  

On Saturday, the police arrested four individuals accused of coercing members of the Hindu community into converting to Christianity. The FIR has been registered under Sections 3 and 5 of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 against Nagendra Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Imarti and Radha. Allegations of forced conversion According to media reports, RSS activists learned that …

Fatephpur: Police arrested 3 Muslim men for forcibly converting a Rammanohar to Islam
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Fatephpur: Police arrested 3 Muslim men for forcibly converting a Rammanohar to Islam

Op India  

On 2nd March, Hathgaon Police in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, arrested three individuals identified as Taufiq, Imtiaz, and Maulvi Azam Khan for forcefully converting a Hindu man to Islam. On 27th February, at around 4 PM, he received information that his son was forcibly confined in Mirpur Kurusti by Taufiq, his father Hakim Shah, his relative Imtiaz, and Maulvi Azam Khan. …

Fatehpur: Police arrested 3 Muslim men for forcibly converting a Rammanohar to Islam
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Fatehpur: Police arrested 3 Muslim men for forcibly converting a Rammanohar to Islam

Op India  

On 2nd March, Hathgaon Police in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, arrested three individuals identified as Taufiq, Imtiaz, and Maulvi Azam Khan for forcefully converting a Hindu man to Islam. On 27th February, at around 4 PM, he received information that his son was forcibly confined in Mirpur Kurusti by Taufiq, his father Hakim Shah, his relative Imtiaz, and Maulvi Azam Khan. …

Fatephpur: Police arrested 3 Muslim men for forcibly converting a Rammanohar to Islam
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Fatephpur: Police arrested 3 Muslim men for forcibly converting a Rammanohar to Islam

Op India  

On 2nd March, Hathgaon Police in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, arrested three individuals identified as Taufiq, Imtiaz, and Maulvi Azam Khan for forcefully converting a Hindu man to Islam. On 27th February, at around 4 PM, he received information that his son was forcibly confined in Mirpur Kurusti by Taufiq, his father Hakim Shah, his relative Imtiaz, and Maulvi Azam Khan. …

Dalit man beaten to death over intercaste relationship: Police
2 months, 1 week ago

Dalit man beaten to death over intercaste relationship: Police

Hindustan Times  

An 18-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death by the family of a woman, belonging to an upper caste, over their relationship in Bidar, police said on Thursday, adding that the accused have been arrested. The woman’s father and brother, enraged by the inter-caste relationship, had attacked Sumit on January 5 when he went to the woman’s house while her …

Dalit organisations, political parties protest recent incidents in Parbhani, Beed
3 months ago

Dalit organisations, political parties protest recent incidents in Parbhani, Beed

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: Several Dalit and social organisations and political parties have condemned the police for recent incidents involving the death of a Dalit youth while in judicial custody in Parbhani and the kidnapping and murder of a Maratha Sarpanch in Beed. Several Dalit, social organisations and political parties condemn police for recent incidents involving the death of Dalit youth in judicial …

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people
8 months ago

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people

Op India  

In Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, four people, including a Christian pastor from Uttarakhand, were arrested for converting people to Christianity under the guise of providing ‘assistance’. On 14th July, the police informed that the accused persons had been booked under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021. Pankaj …

Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police
1 year, 11 months ago

Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police

Hindustan Times  

Members of an upper caste community allegedly assaulted a Dalit priest at the Bidirambika and Chikamma Devi temple in Karnataka’s Tumakuruduring the annual car festival on April 7, police said, adding that the victim is yet to file a formal complaint. Members of an upper caste community allegedly assaulted a Dalit priest at the Bidirambika and Chikamma Devi temple in …

UP: Police arrest 3 men of same family over alleged rape of woman, forced religious conversion bid in Noida
2 years, 2 months ago

UP: Police arrest 3 men of same family over alleged rape of woman, forced religious conversion bid in Noida

India TV News  

Forced religious conversion: A 30-year-old Muslim man was apprehended in Noida on the charges of alleged rape and attempted religious conversion bid on a woman on the pretext of marriage. He further said that the woman has filed a case at the Bisrakh police station, alleging rape, assault and forced attempt of religious conversion. FIR lodged under relevant section He …

Church priest arrested over forced religious conversion in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
2 years, 2 months ago

Church priest arrested over forced religious conversion in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

Op India  

A priest from an Uttar Pradesh church has been arrested over an alleged case of forced religious conversion in Rampur, police said. The accused priest, Polo Messiah, has been booked under sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, police said. On December 21, in a similar case, Sitapur Police filed an FIR against two persons …

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim Pir and his followers beat up a Dalit family for resisting conversion to Islam
2 years, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim Pir and his followers beat up a Dalit family for resisting conversion to Islam

Op India  

A Dalit family in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district has accused a Pir of beating them up and forcing them to convert to Islam. Apart from the Pir named Chhangur, a woman who converted from Neetu to Nasreen and another person who converted from Naveen to Jamaluddin, have also been charged in the complaint. Vishwa Hindu Parishad national spokesperson Vinod Bansal …

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion
2 years, 4 months ago

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion

News 18  

Six persons have been booked for allegedly luring some people to convert to Christianity, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhati said on Sunday the action was taken after police got information that religious conversion was going on at the Vanshi Nagar locality here where 60-70 people were present. Those named in the FIR lodged by activist Himanshu Patel …

Amid conversion row in TN, 8 Dalit families accept Islam in Theni alleging caste harassment
3 years, 1 month ago

Amid conversion row in TN, 8 Dalit families accept Islam in Theni alleging caste harassment

India Today  

Even as the Madras High Court ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation earlier this week into the death of a student over alleged conversion, Tamil Nadu reported another instance of religious conversion. Those converting to Islam alleged that they were forced to convert due to harassment by dominant caste people in their village. Nagaraj, who is now …

UP: Man arrested in Mahoba district for threatening and forcing neighbour to convert to Christianity
3 years, 6 months ago

UP: Man arrested in Mahoba district for threatening and forcing neighbour to convert to Christianity

Op India  

On Saturday, the police arrested a 40-year-old man for attempting to forcibly convert his Hindu neighbour to Christianity. As per Dwivedi’s complaint, a few days later, the accused Ashish John forced the victim to accompany him to the local church. The accused was nabbed from the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh following a complaint by his neighbour Sachin Dwivedi. 5 …

Kanpur: Three arrested after Muslim man thrashed, what we know so far
3 years, 7 months ago

Kanpur: Three arrested after Muslim man thrashed, what we know so far

Op India  

Three persons have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police after the residents of Kacchi Basti area in Kanpur allegedly beat up a man in the middle of the road over the allegation that he was forcing a Hindu woman to convert to Islam. Kanpur: Dalit Woman accuse Afsar Ahmad of forcefully converting Hindus However, the residents of the neighbourhood …

Two Arrested in UP's Kannauj District Under New Anti-conversion Law, Say Police
4 years, 3 months ago

Two Arrested in UP's Kannauj District Under New Anti-conversion Law, Say Police

News 18  

Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district in separate cases under the state’s new anti-conversion law, police said on Monday. Mohammad Taufeeq was arrested on Sunday for allegedly marrying a 29-year-old woman by hiding his religion and then forcing her to convert, Superintendent of Police Prashant Verma said. Besides being charged under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of …

Were Dalits beaten, tonsured by upper caste men in Lucknow’s Barauli?
4 years, 9 months ago

Were Dalits beaten, tonsured by upper caste men in Lucknow’s Barauli?

Op India  

A day after claims made by various media houses and ‘journalists’ that a Dalit boy was shot dead by upper caste men for ‘praying in a temple’ was fact-checked, social media was once again abuzz with reports of another caste-based atrocity story. On Thursday, there were some reports that three Dalits were tied up, beaten, forcefully tonsured and paraded around …

Uttar Pradesh Police arrests seven for forced religious conversion of Bahraich man
7 years, 8 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Police arrests seven for forced religious conversion of Bahraich man

Firstpost  

Seven persons were arrested from Nawabganj area in Bahraich after some local residents alleged that a man was forced to convert to Islam. Bahraich : Seven persons were arrested from Nawabganj area in Bahraich after some local residents alleged that a man was forced to convert to Islam. Their elder brother Sunder Gupta and some local residents objected to the …

Bajrang Dal activists tonsure man accused of converting Hindus into Christianity
9 years, 1 month ago

Bajrang Dal activists tonsure man accused of converting Hindus into Christianity

Deccan Chronicle  

Jalaun: A man was tonsured, garlanded with shoes, and paraded in disgrace on the streets of Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh by Bajrang Dal activists who accused him of converting Hindu men to Christianity. The Bajrang Dal activists tonsured the man for allegedly converting Hindus and paraded him through the town after shaving his hair, eyebrows and moustache. The mob reportedly …

UP: Man tonsured, paraded on donkey for converting Hindus to Christianity
9 years, 1 month ago

UP: Man tonsured, paraded on donkey for converting Hindus to Christianity

India TV News  

New Delhi: A man was tonsured, garlanded with shoes and paraded on donkey on the streets of Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh by Bajrang Dal activists who accused him of converting Hindu men to Christianity. The mob said that Awdhesh lured 3 Hindu men to a church in Mirzapur district on the pretext of attending a satsang and converted them to …

FIR against Pravin Togadia in Bengal
10 years, 1 month ago

FIR against Pravin Togadia in Bengal

India TV News  

Kolkata: An FIR was registered Thursday against Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Pravin Togadia and functionary Jugal Kishore for hurting religious sentiments following the alleged conversion of over 100 tribals in West Bengal, police said. The state's ruling Trinamool Congress had alleged that the VHP conducted a 'ghar wapsi' ceremony at Kharmadanga village in Rampurhat in the district Wednesday during which …

Four held for alleged forced conversion in Bihar
10 years, 6 months ago

Four held for alleged forced conversion in Bihar

India TV News  

Patna: Four of the seven people accused of forcing to convert a Dalit family to Islam have been arrested in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, police said Thursday. District Superintendent of Police Nawal Kishore Singh said a police case was registered against seven people last Sunday in Pupri area on the basis of a complaint by Yasoda Devi, a resident of Rampur …

Bihar: Dalit woman accuses Muslim men of converting her husband to Islam forcibly
10 years, 6 months ago

Bihar: Dalit woman accuses Muslim men of converting her husband to Islam forcibly

Firstpost  

As the political classes of the country continue fawning and fighting over a new issues they seem to have found - love jihad and forced conversions - a lot more people seem to have jumped on to the bandwagon. Following allegations and then protests against a purported phenomenon called ’love jihad’ which involves forced conversions of Hindus to Islam in …

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