<p> Reports of ‘forced conversions’ of girls in some western Uttar Pradesh districts kept the police on the tenterhooks as senior officials candidly admitted that these alleged conversions have emerged as a new threat to the communal amity in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the police sources here, a case of “forced conversion” of a minor girl was reported from Ghaziabad district.<br /><br />The parents of the minor on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the police accusing a youth of “luring” her into marriage after “forcibly converting” her. <br /><br />They alleged that the youth had eloped with the minor about a month back.<br /><br />Both of them however surrendered before the police on Wednesday after the police conducted a series of raids. A case was registered in this connection.<br /><br />Saffron outfits staged a demonstration before the local police station demanding stern action against the “culprits”.<br /><br />Police in Muzaffarnagar district were also sent into a tizzy, when they received a call from a woman on Wednesday evening, who alleged that she had been held hostage at a madarsa (islamic school) at Phulat in the district.<br /><br />A police team was rushed to the place but the woman could not found.<br /><br />The cops, however, managed to trace the cell phone from which the call had been made. It was recovered from the possession of a cleric. The matter was being investigated.<br /><br />Meerut incident<br /><br />A few days back, a Meerut girl had alleged that she had been forced to convert and gang-raped after being held hostage at a madrasa in Muzaffarnagar. <br /><br />She had also alleged that several girls had been kept at the madarsa at Muzaffarnagar.<br /><br />In another case, a girl, who had allegedly been kidnapped by a youth from Kanpur, was later recovered from a house near a place of worship in the district.<br /><br />The girl alleged that she was being pressurised to convert and marry the kidnapper.Senior officials have directed the police to handle such cases carefully.<br /><br />Communal threat<br /><br />They admitted that such cases were a big threat to communal amity in the state. <br /><br />Saffron outfits have already warned the government that they will not sit idle if the police did not take stern action in such cases.<br /></p>
<p> Reports of ‘forced conversions’ of girls in some western Uttar Pradesh districts kept the police on the tenterhooks as senior officials candidly admitted that these alleged conversions have emerged as a new threat to the communal amity in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the police sources here, a case of “forced conversion” of a minor girl was reported from Ghaziabad district.<br /><br />The parents of the minor on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the police accusing a youth of “luring” her into marriage after “forcibly converting” her. <br /><br />They alleged that the youth had eloped with the minor about a month back.<br /><br />Both of them however surrendered before the police on Wednesday after the police conducted a series of raids. A case was registered in this connection.<br /><br />Saffron outfits staged a demonstration before the local police station demanding stern action against the “culprits”.<br /><br />Police in Muzaffarnagar district were also sent into a tizzy, when they received a call from a woman on Wednesday evening, who alleged that she had been held hostage at a madarsa (islamic school) at Phulat in the district.<br /><br />A police team was rushed to the place but the woman could not found.<br /><br />The cops, however, managed to trace the cell phone from which the call had been made. It was recovered from the possession of a cleric. The matter was being investigated.<br /><br />Meerut incident<br /><br />A few days back, a Meerut girl had alleged that she had been forced to convert and gang-raped after being held hostage at a madrasa in Muzaffarnagar. <br /><br />She had also alleged that several girls had been kept at the madarsa at Muzaffarnagar.<br /><br />In another case, a girl, who had allegedly been kidnapped by a youth from Kanpur, was later recovered from a house near a place of worship in the district.<br /><br />The girl alleged that she was being pressurised to convert and marry the kidnapper.Senior officials have directed the police to handle such cases carefully.<br /><br />Communal threat<br /><br />They admitted that such cases were a big threat to communal amity in the state. <br /><br />Saffron outfits have already warned the government that they will not sit idle if the police did not take stern action in such cases.<br /></p>