FIR filed against 5 minor girls for allegedly making Hindu friend wear burqa; probe underway

BAREILLY: An FIR has been registered nether Section 3 of the stringent Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act against 5 insignificant Muslim girls -- aged betwixt 15 and 17 -- for allegedly getting their 16-year-old Hindu person to deterioration a burqa successful Moradabad.The incidental took spot connected Dec 12, 2025, but has travel to airy present aft constabulary said that they’ve registered a lawsuit pursuing a ailment by the girl’s brother, Daksh Chaudhary, connected Friday.If recovered blameworthy nether this law, an accused, particularly if the unfortunate is simply a minor, tin beryllium punished with rigorous imprisonment for a word “which shall not beryllium little than 5 years but which whitethorn widen to 14 years”.Superintendent of constabulary (rural) successful Moradabad, Kunwar Akash Singh, told TOI, “As soon arsenic we received the complaint, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered and further probe is on.” Section 3 of the anti-conversion instrumentality deals with “prohibition of conversion from 1 religion to different by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, and allurement”.“My sister was talking to 1 of the girls whom she’d met astir 2 months backmost and had been going retired regularly with. The 5 girls who took distant my sister successful burqa had whitethorn person had immoderate sick intention. So, I approached cops astatine Bilari constabulary station,” Chaudhary, the complainant, told TOI.

A purported video of the incidental was wide circulated connected societal media. In the minute-long video clip, the girls tin beryllium seen successful a constrictive alley betwixt houses. One of them is seen wearing a burqa implicit her formal with the different girls trying to assistance her.“The accused girls and the Hindu miss are friends. All are believed to beryllium minors. That afternoon, they were connected their mode to a edifice which crosses the victim’s brother’s shop.

They didn’t privation him to cognize astir it. Fearful of getting caught, the Hindu miss whitethorn person worn her friends’ burqa,” said a constabulary officer, privy to the case.He added that since it is simply a delicate matter, the section constabulary registered a lawsuit pursuing the ailment filed by the household members. “Further probe is connected to find retired the backgrounds of the young girls and their motive, if any, down the incident,” the serviceman said. As they are minors, constabulary said, they cannot beryllium instantly enactment the girls successful custody.