Prayagraj,
01 July (HS): In the complaint given to the police, the victim's mother
revealed that on May 8, a Muslim woman in her village, Daraksha Bano, lured her
15-year-old daughter and took her away. She was also lured with money. The
victim told that she was made to meet some unknown and suspicious people in
Kerala. They first lured her with money and then forcibly converted her to
Islam. After this, they started pressurizing her for jihadi training. A
conspiracy to lure a 15-year-old girl to Kerala and push her into terrorist
activities has been revealed in Phulpur, Prayagraj. It is alleged that the girl
was forcibly converted after being taken to Kerala. Then an attempt was made to
push her into jihadi training. Somehow, the girl escaped from the clutches of
the accused and narrated her ordeal to her mother. On June 28, the police
registered a case on the complaint of the mother in Phulpur police station and
arrested the youth and a woman involved in the conspiracy.
In
the complaint given to the police, the victim's mother told that on May 8, a
woman from another religion of her village, Darksha Bano, lured her 15-year-old
daughter and took her away. She was also lured with money. The accused Darksha
reached near the Phulpur flyover with the daughter, where a young man named
Mohammad Kaif, who was already standing there, took her to Prayagraj Junction
on a bike. On the way, the accused youth also molested the daughter. Then the
accused Darksha reached Delhi with the daughter and then took her to Thrissur
in Kerala.
The
victim said that she was made to meet some unknown and suspicious people in
Kerala. They first lured her with money and then forced her to convert. After
this, they started pressuring her for jihadi training. She got scared by this.
Somehow she ran away from there and reached Thrissur railway station and called
her mother and told her the whole story. During this time, the Kerala police
noticed her and she was handed over to the Child Welfare Committee.
On
receiving information from Kerala Child Welfare Committee, the mother lodged a
complaint in Phulpur police station. On this, the police contacted the Child
Welfare Committee and got the girl back safely. Also, on the complaint of the
mother, the accused Daraksha Bano and Mohammad Kaif were arrested. Meanwhile,
the victim was temporarily admitted to the One Stop Center.
Accused
Daraksha's friend Taj is also on the police radar: A young man named Taj is
also on the radar of Prayagraj police, who is said to be a friend of accused Daraksha.
According to police sources, investigation of Daraksha's mobile phone revealed
that he had talked to Taj several times from Prayagraj till he reached Kerala.
He is originally from Phulpur, but has been in Kerala for the last several
years. Police has also shared information about him with Kerala police.
Teenager
was pressured to undergo Jihadi training, poor class girls were targeted: The
accused's network is spread from Prayagraj to Kerala and many other states.
They prepare minors for anti-national activities. They conspire to target poor
girls by converting them on the pretext of marriage. Police arrested two
accused after preliminary investigation. Three teams were formed for
investigation. After forcibly converting the teenager, she was pressured for
Jihadi training.
Minor
girls were prepared for anti-national activities: This gang lures minor girls
of other communities and converts them. Then they prepare them for
anti-national activities. Currently, three teams have been formed to identify
the gang's network and other people involved in it. All aspects are being
investigated thoroughly.
Gang
network spread in many states including Kerala, UP: DCP Ganganagar Zone Kuldeep
Singh Gunawat said that initial investigation has revealed the involvement of
an organized gang behind this entire conspiracy. The accused arrested in the
case, Daraksha Bano and Mohd. Kaif are associated with an organized and radical
gang. This is an interstate gang, whose network is spread in other states
including Kerala.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi