Caught in ‘burqa row’, 5 girl students in UP booked for ‘religious conversion’

He said preliminary inquiry suggests that the victim and the girls named in the case were already acquainted with one another and attended the same coaching centre. According to the initial findings, the incident took place while all the girls were returning home together after their coaching classes.

Acting on a complaint lodged by the minor girl’s brother, police have registered an FIR against the girls under sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act at the police station concerned. Officials said no arrest has been made so far in connection with the case.

According to police, the complainant stated that his sister attends tuition classes in a nearby locality. The brother alleged that the group of girls pressured his minor sister to wear a burqa.

Raising serious concerns over the incident, the complainant has urged the authorities to look into the case.

Police said that the identity of one of the accused girls, whose name figures in the FIR, has been confirmed, while efforts are underway to trace and establish the whereabouts of the remaining four girls mentioned in the complaint.