Jharkhand: Veterinary doctor arrested for forcing religious conversion on girl
A senior veterinary doctor has been arrested from Pakur district in Jharkhand on charges of forcing religious conversion on a minor girl, a senior police officer has said. A case was registered under the relevant sections of the IPC and Jharkhand Anti-Conversion Act, 2017 against the doctor on the basis of girl's father's statement last Monday, Superintendent of Police, Shailendra Prasad Burnwal said Wednesday.
The veterinary doctor lured the girl by offering Rs. 500
Taking cognizance of the matter, the police conducted raids at Sawanlapur village on Tuesday, arrested the veterinary doctor-cum-flying animal husbandry officer and rescued the 13-year-old girl from the village. In the FIR lodged, the girl's father, a resident of Rodego village, said that the veterinary doctor, Dalu Soren, had recently lured his daughter and took her away in his vehicle after offering Rs. 500.
Rescued girl sent to a child welfare center for counseling
The accused had told the girl that she would be converted to Christianity at a religious meeting and assured her that missionary authorities would take care of her studies and other requirements, police said. The girl has been sent to a child welfare center for counseling and Soren has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a Pakur court on Tuesday.
