Loved on Instagram, pressured girl to convert, Basti police sent Mujeeb to jail:

News Topical, Digital Desk : The Basti district's Cantonment Police have arrested a young man named Mujeeb. He is accused of luring a minor girl away from her home on the pretext of marriage, forcing her to convert to Islam, and exploiting her. The two met on Instagram and have been communicating for the past two months. The accused youth has been arrested and sent to jail.

After befriending her on Instagram, the accused, Mujeeb, took the minor to Amethi where he pressured her to convert to Islam in order to marry him. When she refused, he abused her. Thanks to the activism of the family and the promptness of the police, Mujeeb has been arrested.

The two had been in talks for the past two months.

This story of love and betrayal on social media is from the Cantonment police station area, where a minor girl met Mujeeb, a resident of Amethi, through the social media site Instagram. The two had been chatting on Instagram for the past two months.

The accused deceived the girl and took her away with him.

During their conversation on Instagram, love blossomed between the two, and they vowed to live and die together. When the girl fell for the boy's love, he lured her away from home under the pretense of marriage. When the girl didn't return home for a long time, the family became worried. When no trace of the girl was found even after inquiring at all the relatives' homes, they filed a missing person report at the Cantonment police station.

The accused was pressurizing for religious conversion

The police became active and, upon investigating the case, discovered that she had been in contact with a young man on social media. Subsequently, the police and surveillance team began investigating the case, and traced and arrested Mujeeb, who was then taken to his custody. The girl alleges that Mujeeb lured her away with the promise of marriage, exploited her, and was pressuring her to convert to Islam.

The police arrested the accused and sent him to jail.

CO Sanjay Singh stated that the accused youth has been arrested. He lured the minor girl with the promise of marriage and abducted her. He pressured her to convert to Islam and exploited her. The girl has been recovered safely. The accused youth, Mujeeb, has been arrested. A case has been registered against him under sections 137(2)/87, 64(2), 3/5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and sections 5L/6 of the POCSO Act and he has been sent to jail.