The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked two teachers at a government college under the state’s anti-conversion law in Kaushambi district for allegedly brainwashing a minor Hindu student in a purported attempt to convert her, The Indian Express reported.The first information report was based on a complaint filed by the father of the Class 10 student, who told the police that he allegedly began noticing unusual changes in his daughter’s behaviour over the past few months, the newspaper quoted unidentified police officers as saying.The complainant told the police that when questioned, his daughter alleged that she was being “pressured by the teachers to change her religion, embrace Islam, and take part in Islamic prayers and practices”.She allegedly told him that the two female teachers at her college had been continuously subjecting her to mental harassment, the police was quoted as saying.The complainant also alleged that his daughter claimed that she was being pressured to read Urdu texts related to Islam and “participate in Islamic prayers and practices”, The Indian Express reported.As per the police, the father further alleged that the two teachers frequently “portrayed Hinduism negatively” while presenting Islam in a favourable light.The FIR was filed against the two teachers and several unknown persons under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to criminal intimidation and the 2021 Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.Kaushambi Circle Officer Satyendra Prasad Tewari told The Indian Express that an investigation is underway, but no arrests have been made so far.Edited by Neerad Pandharipande.
Uttar Pradesh: Two teachers booked for alleged attempt to convert Class 10 Hindu student
A complaint was filed by the student’s father, who alleged that his daughter claimed that she was being pressured to ‘participate in Islamic prayers’.









