Religious conversion racket busted: 2 held for taking minor dalit girl to Kerala; lured her with money
PRAYAGRAJ: In a major development, Phulpur police on Monday arrested two persons including a woman allegedly involved in enticing poor girls from Dalit families and further taking them to
Kerala
for religious conversion.
The arrested persons were identified as Kahkasha Bano (19) and Mohd Kaif (25), residents of Lilhat village.
DCP (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Singh told TOI that a woman Guddi Devi of Lilhat village on June 28 approached Phulpur police and alleged that Kahkasha Bano and one another had on May 8 managed to entice her 15-year-old daughter on the pretest of money and further took her to Kerala for religious conversion.
"When cops came to know about the development, a police team led by ACP (Phulpur) carried out detailed investigations and found that Kahkasha Bano had allegedly taken the minor Dalit girl to Kerala for religious conversion, " DCP said.
"Investigations revealed that Kahkasha Bano had called up one Mohd Kaif to drop both of them at Prayagraj junction on May 8 and they first took a train for Delhi and then Kerala". It was also alleged that Mohd Kaif had misbehaved with the girl and made an abortive bid to outrage her modesty,' DCP added.
After reaching Trichoor, the minor girl noticed anti-national activities being carried out by a group of miscreants who too enticed her for lucrative offers to change her religion and involved herself in anti-national activities.
The girl, however, managed to escape from their clutches and reached Trichoor railway station.She narrated her woes to police who then contacted the family members in Prayagraj.
The girl was handed over to the child welfare committee in Trichur till she was brought back to Prayagraj by family members.
DCP, meanwhile, said that three police teams have been constituted to crack down the racket involved in enticing poor Dalit girl families and taking them to Kerala for religious conversion. He added that cops are probing the network of an organized racket of miscreants taking poor people to Kerala for religious conversions. The girl was kept at one stop centre Prayagraj.
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