UP: 5-year-old boy circumcized for religious conversion

LUCKNOW: A five-year-old boy was reportedly circumcized by one Mohammad Aslam for religious conversion in Unnao district on Saturday. The police lodged an FIR and arrested the accused. SHO Gangaghat Akhilesh Chandra Pandey, told TOI that one Maulana Mohammad Aslam got the victim child forcefully circumcised on Friday evening.
“When the boy told the family about the same it led to an unrest. Thereafter, his parents lodged a complaint against the accused and police arrested the accused,” said Pandey. Pandey said that they have lodged an FIR under the charges of UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance, voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons. “We are interrogating the accused,” said the officer. tnn