4 Arrested In Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad For Religious Conversion

Ghaziabad: At least four people were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad over their alleged involvement in religious conversion in the Modinagar area of the district. A senior police official on Friday confirmed the arrest saying that the accused were also involved in threatening the victim if they did not religiously convert themselves. Further legal action is being taken on the matter. 

A senior police official identified the accused as Ashu (19), Polus Maseeh (43), Paster Rasi (52) and Chutoo Kumar Shah. As per the police, accused Ashu, during interrogation, revealed that after the death of his father, he started living in Salarpur village of Gautam Buddha Nagar district, where he adopted Christianity. 

DCP (rural) Surendra Nath Tiwari said that Ashu's uncle and aunt live in their parents' house in the Govindpuri area of Modinagar. He confessed that he along with his associates used to mount pressure on his uncle Ajit and aunt Sangeeta to adopt Christianity, but they objected.

A case was registered in this regard at the Modinagar police station on September 22 in which they (Ajit and Sangeeta) alleged that their nephew along with his associates had threatened to kill them in case they did not embrace Christianity.

The police have recovered a mobile phone from Maseeh and are scrutinizing suspected calls to unearth his relations with some institutes based in foreign countries from where they are getting funds, the DCP said.