Gonda man accuses 8 of forcing daughter to embrace Islam

LUCKNOW: Eight persons were booked for allegedly coercing a 16-year-old girl in Gonda to embrace Islam with the promise of marriage. The teen’s father, who lodged the FIR with Kernalganj police on Tuesday, also accused the groupof-eight of delivering violent threats and brainwashing his daughter with grandiose marriage plans in Dubai.
Gonda SP Shailesh Pandey told TOI that the girl is undergoing medical test and arrests could be made only after her statement was recorded.She is a Class 12 passout and has been under medication for anxiety since 2013, said police sources. On October 17, the girl’s father complained to police that his daughter had been abducted. The girl was tracked within hours and one person, Imran, was arrested and sent to judicial custody.
“On Tuesday night, another complaint was lodged by the girl’s father, who alleged that Arman Ahmad, Fatima, Zahir Ahmad, Mohammed Shahid, Salman and his wife, Amar and few others were forcing his daughter to convert to Islam. He has also stated his daughter was not in good mental health,” said Pandey.
The complainant also said he was attacked with a knife by the accused on Monday night and his daughter was threatened. The eight have been booked for deliberate and malicious acts to outrage religious beliefs, rioting, rioting with deadly weapons and conspiracy.