: UP: Police drop ‘love jihad’ case against 3 Muslim men after complainant’s allegations prove false #IndiaNEWS The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district dropped a case against three Muslim

UP: Police drop ‘love jihad’ case against 3 Muslim men after complainant’s allegations prove false #IndiaNEWS
The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district dropped a case against three Muslim men who had been charged under the anti-conversion law for sexually harassing and stalking a 22-year-old woman, after her allegations turned out to be false, The Times of India reported on Sunday. Bareilly Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan told the newspaper that a case will now be filed against the woman under Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code, which pertains to providing false information to the authorities.The first information report against the accused was filed on Friday under Sections 354 (attempt to outrage the modesty of a woman) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance. The FIR was deleted on Saturday. The woman alleged that one of the accused, a taxi driver named Abrar Khan, stopped her at a crossing in Fareedpur area on December 1 while she was going back home, The Indian Express reported.The complainant added that the accused tried to pull her down from her scooter and sexually harassed her. She also accused the man of forcing her to convert to Islam and marry her. The woman said that the accused fled with the...Read more

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