NOIDA: A 30-year-old Muslim man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh in connection with an alleged rape and attempted religious conversion of a woman under the pretext of marriage on Thursday. The arrest took place in the vicinity of Noida, police said. Accused Intezar Khan’s brother (24) and his father (52) have also been arrested for being party to criminal conspiracy, the police said.Khan and the woman had met in a gym where she worked as a manager but the man had hid his religious identity from her, a senior police official said.The woman had alleged rape, assault and forced attempt of religious conversion in her complaint at the Bisrakh police station, the official said.”The complainant informed the police that she came across Intezar at a gym in the Shahberi area. Intezar had initially hid his identity from her and identified himself as ‘Sonu’. She also alleged rape with her by the accused. Immediately an FIR was lodged under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code as well as under the Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act,” PTI quoted additional deputy commissioner of police (Central Noida) Saad Miya Khan as saying.”The three accused — Intezar Khan, (his brother) Suhail and (their father) Abbas Ali —have been arrested,” Khan added.According to the police, Intezar had lured the woman on the pretext of getting married to her.He had recently spiked her juice and raped her, the police said.The FIR has been lodged under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323 (assault), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120B (party to criminal conspiracy), the police added.(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault.)
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