Two incidents of Hindu girls converting to Islam have raised alarm in Karanj police jurisdiction on Monday. The cops have registered two separate FIRs in which the girls are said to have been converted and married to Muslims by the same cleric without the required permission of the district collector.
On Monday, one Bhavarlal Kumavat, 46, a resident of Jalian apartments, near Vastrapur railway crossroads, lodged an FIR with Karanj police, accusing four people including Akbar Abdul Razak, Hazi Mohd Yusuf Pathan, Yasin Malik and Yasin Sheikh.
The complainant claimed that the four forced his daughter to convert to Islam and marry Akbar, the main accused. Bhavarlal alleged that on October 21, his 18-year-old daughter Kavita disappeared. The following day he received a post containing a certificate informing that his daughter after conversion had become Kausar Bano and married Akbar. Hazi Yusuf Pathan of Nautad Masjid in Gheekanta area had performed the ceremony while the two others accused were present as witnesses.
Kumavat told the cops that Akbar was after his daughter for the last two years and had lured her into the conversion. Bhavarlal claims that his daughter was forced into marriage by Akbar and the other accused.
According to the investigating officer, Karanj police inspector, KS Savani the accused didn't get the required permit from the district collector's office and therefore, they have been booked.
Savani said that on Saturday too, a similar complaint was lodged wherein the same cleric Hazi Yusuf Pathan of Nautad Masjid was accused. He said that investigation is on to find out whether the girl willfully wanted to covert to Islam or she was forced into it.
