<p>Sufiyan, the man accused of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/girl-pushed-to-death-by-neighbour-after-refusing-to-convert-and-marry-in-uttar-pradesh-1162893.html" target="_blank">pushing to death</a> a 19-year-old woman, was arrested on Friday in a police encounter here during which he was shot in the leg, a senior police official said.</p>.<p>The woman was allegedly pushed to death from the fourth floor of a building on Tuesday night allegedly by her neighbour who was trying to befriend her and force her to convert.</p>.<p>"Sufiyan was arrested on Friday in a police encounter in Dubagga area of Lucknow," Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) Piyush Mordia told PTI.</p>.<p>Dubagga Station House Officer (SHP) Sukhvir Singh Bhadauriya told <em>PTI</em>, "Sufiyan was arrested in an encounter at around 1 pm. He suffered a bullet injury on his right feet. He has been admitted to King George's Medical University (KGMU)."</p>.<p>He also informed that a reward of Rs 25,000 was announced for the information leading to Sufiyan's arrest.</p>.<p>The family members of the young woman have alleged the accused Sufiyan, who is in his early 20s, was forcing her to convert to Islam.</p>.<p>An FIR under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code along with relevant sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act (or the so-called love jihad law) has been registered against the man.</p>.<p>"The girl and the accused were neighbours and he was trying to befriend her. Their families were against this friendship," Mordia had earlier said.</p>.<p>According to the police, Sufiyan had given a mobile phone to the woman, and when her family came to know about it, they reached his house to confront them.</p>.<p>"While the two families were talking, the accused took the girl to the fourth floor of the building and allegedly pushed her down from there," the joint commissioner said.</p>.<p>The family members rushed outside after hearing a loud noise and found the blood-soaked woman on the ground. She was taken to a hospital with the help of other neighbours as the accused fled the spot.</p>.<p>The woman succumbed to injuries shortly after being admitted to the hospital. According to family members, the girl worked at a beauty parlour and her mother as a maid.</p>
<p>Sufiyan, the man accused of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/girl-pushed-to-death-by-neighbour-after-refusing-to-convert-and-marry-in-uttar-pradesh-1162893.html" target="_blank">pushing to death</a> a 19-year-old woman, was arrested on Friday in a police encounter here during which he was shot in the leg, a senior police official said.</p>.<p>The woman was allegedly pushed to death from the fourth floor of a building on Tuesday night allegedly by her neighbour who was trying to befriend her and force her to convert.</p>.<p>"Sufiyan was arrested on Friday in a police encounter in Dubagga area of Lucknow," Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) Piyush Mordia told PTI.</p>.<p>Dubagga Station House Officer (SHP) Sukhvir Singh Bhadauriya told <em>PTI</em>, "Sufiyan was arrested in an encounter at around 1 pm. He suffered a bullet injury on his right feet. He has been admitted to King George's Medical University (KGMU)."</p>.<p>He also informed that a reward of Rs 25,000 was announced for the information leading to Sufiyan's arrest.</p>.<p>The family members of the young woman have alleged the accused Sufiyan, who is in his early 20s, was forcing her to convert to Islam.</p>.<p>An FIR under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code along with relevant sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act (or the so-called love jihad law) has been registered against the man.</p>.<p>"The girl and the accused were neighbours and he was trying to befriend her. Their families were against this friendship," Mordia had earlier said.</p>.<p>According to the police, Sufiyan had given a mobile phone to the woman, and when her family came to know about it, they reached his house to confront them.</p>.<p>"While the two families were talking, the accused took the girl to the fourth floor of the building and allegedly pushed her down from there," the joint commissioner said.</p>.<p>The family members rushed outside after hearing a loud noise and found the blood-soaked woman on the ground. She was taken to a hospital with the help of other neighbours as the accused fled the spot.</p>.<p>The woman succumbed to injuries shortly after being admitted to the hospital. According to family members, the girl worked at a beauty parlour and her mother as a maid.</p>