Gujarat: Bihar man held for forcing conversion of married woman

SURAT: A labourer from Bihar, who is currently working in Vapi, was arrested from his native place in Buxar district on Wednesday for allegedly abducting a married woman and her daughter allegedly by luring her with marriage promise and forcibly converting her religion.
The accused Javed Ali Alam was booked at Vapi Town police station for kidnapping and under the recently amended Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act based on the complaint filed by the woman’s husband.
The woman’s husband had lodged a missing person complaint on July 2 as his wife and three-year-old daughter were missing from their home. A few days later, the man got to know that Alam was also missing and later his wife called him to inform that Alam had taken her and their daughter to his village in Bihar. On July 12, the man lodged a complaint and an offence was registered.
Police said their team was sent to Alam’s village and the woman and her daughter were brought back and Alam was arrested. According to police, they reached out to the woman before Alam could forcibly convert her religion. The woman told cops that Alam used to tell her that he will marry her only after she will convert to his religion.
“The woman got lured as she was allegedly beaten and harassed by her husband. The accused and the woman worked in the same company so she used to share with him about the harassment and over a period she developed trust in him,” said a police official.