An alleged non secular conversion case involving the son of a medical retailer proprietor in Shamli has triggered communal tensions, prompting police motion and requires a mass protest by a Hindu organisation. Late on Saturday night time, police registered an FIR towards 10 people, together with seven members of a neighborhood household and three clerics, following a grievance alleging compelled conversion, intimidation and property-related motives.
The event got here hours after Swami Yashveer Maharaj of Baghra’s Yog Sadhana Ashram introduced a Hindu Mahapanchayat in Shamli’s Qureshi locality on June 12, accusing the administration of failing to behave towards these allegedly concerned within the case.
In line with the FIR, Devaraj Malik, a medical retailer proprietor and resident of Dayanand Nagar in Shamli metropolis, alleged that his son, Ayush Malik, was systematically drawn right into a relationship and pressured to transform to Islam by a gaggle led by Chandni Qureshi, a resident of Kaziwada locality.
The grievance names Chandni Qureshi, her sister Rahit Qureshi, Sumailla Qureshi, Rabia Qureshi, brother Aas Mohammad alias Aasu Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, their father Islam Qureshi, cleric Munawwar and two different clerics as accused.
Malik alleged that the accused trapped his son in a love affair as a part of a deliberate conspiracy and coerced him into embracing Islam. He additional claimed {that a} fraudulent ‘Nikahnama’ was ready round 4 years in the past to formalise the connection.
The grievance additionally alleges that the accused made inappropriate calls for of Ayush Malik, exerted psychological stress on him and tried to affect different family members to transform. In line with the FIR, the household was threatened with dire penalties, together with demise threats, in the event that they resisted.
Malik additional claimed that the accused had been benefiting financially from his son’s earnings for practically 5 years and had been trying to realize management of household property. He additionally expressed suspicion that extra people from exterior the realm could have been concerned within the alleged conspiracy.
Earlier on Saturday, police reportedly summoned Chandni Qureshi and her father for questioning on the metropolis police station.
Confirming the registration of the case, superintendent of police Narendra Pratap Singh mentioned an FIR had been registered based mostly on the grievance and police groups had begun conducting raids to find the accused.
Authorities haven’t but disclosed the precise sections below which the case has been registered.
Amid the rising controversy, Swami Yashveer Maharaj launched a video message on social media on Saturday night, alleging that the administration had didn’t take well timed motion.
Saying a Hindu Mahapanchayat on June 12, the seer referred to as upon members of the Hindu group from throughout the area to collect at Shiv Murti in Shamli at 11 am earlier than continuing in direction of the Qureshi locality.
He urged farmers to take part with tractors and appealed to Hindu merchants to voluntarily shut their outlets for a number of hours in help of the agitation towards what he termed “conversion jihad”.
He mentioned that the gathering would exhibit the collective power of the Hindu group and discourage future makes an attempt at non secular conversion.
Officers mentioned the allegations are being investigated and additional motion can be taken based mostly on proof collected through the probe.
