Vadodara: Gotri Police has here registered first offence under recently amended Religious Freedom Act, popularly known as anti – Love Jihad act. Samir Abdul Kureshi, a mutton shop owner who allegedly identified and presented himself with different name and faith to a victim Hindu girl over social media in 2019, made victim girl pregnant twice, forced her to abort on two occasions, forcibly married and converted her to Islamic faith, changed her name to Muslim name after wedding, refused her to follow Hindu faith any more, disallowed her to wear bindi and Hindu symbols has been arrested by Vadodara Police under amended Religious Freedom act according to DCP Zone 2 Jayraj Sinh Vala. According to police, a victim girl, who was unaware about Qureshi’s actual religion, learnt about the accused and his faith around a year ago when a “nikah” ceremony was organised after she agreed to marry him. The accused also verbally abused the victim using casteist slurs, police said.

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