NH Correspondent/Lucknow
Brand new Uttar Pradesh police is actually centering on entire Muslim family according to the controversial anti-sales ordinance, also known as “love jihad” legislation, that have 79 out of 86 people arranged under they thus far becoming regarding the fraction people. Them were implicated out of ‘enticing’ Hindu lady and you may ‘forcing’ them to become Islam.
That it flies when confronted with a keen affidavit filed of the Yogi Authorities from the Allahabad Highest Legal a week ago, hence said the new ordinance, officially named ‘Ban regarding Unlawful Conversion regarding Religion Ordinance, 2020′, was not lined up against any variety of religion but is actually equally applicable to any or all religions and to most of the types of ‘forced conversions’.
The federal government gave the new affidavit as a result to a few PILs submitted on Higher Court tricky the brand new contentious regulation.
Family relations of them reserved of the cops enjoys so-called that the authorities keeps slapped phony charge up against her or him, nevertheless government insists that isn’t the scenario. In one single case, twenty six family out-of an effective Muslim kid, which included five lady, were arranged when you look at the Etah to own allegedly forcing a beneficial 21-year-dated Hindu woman to transform to help you Islam. Although relationship occurred for the November 17-18 as per the FIR lodged in the event, nearly each week up until the ordinance came into force, law enforcement went ahead and you may reserved him or her lower than the conditions.