Moradabad,

26 July (HS): Rakshanda Khan, director of a renowned academy, and her husband

Shahnawaz Khan were arrested by the Civil Lines police station on Friday on

charges of pressurizing girl students to convert to Islam religion.

Three days

ago, the students of the academy situated on Kanth Road in the police station

area, in a complaint letter given to the District Magistrate, had accused the

academy director Rakshanda Khan of pressurizing them to convert to Islam religion

and motivating them to live with Muslim boys. Also, regarding the products used

in the academy, it was said that fake and expired items are filled in the boxes

of genuine products and are used. In this case, the police station civil police

had registered a case against the accused operator, her husband Shahnawaz Khan

and another accused.

Jatin

Kumar Saini, a student of Lakme Academy and students Tania Chaudhary and Swati

Pal, who learned makeup, hair and skin work at Kanth Road in Civil Line area,

had given a letter to the District Magistrate saying that the owner of the academy

is Rakshananda Khan. At the time of entry, there was a ban on eating meat, fish

etc. But in the academy, meat and fish are eaten daily. In the academy, any

Hindu students who oppose this are brainwashed.

The

complainants allege that they are being induced to convert to Muslim religion.

Academy director Rakshanda Khan says that she was earlier a Hindu and is now a

Muslim. That's why she often inspires girl to get closer with Muslim boys and

live together. The children of Muslim community are given a lot of help in the

academy, but the children of Hindu community are unnecessarily harassed. Hindu

students are prohibited from tying Kalava and female students are prohibited

from wearing bindi, vermilion and wearing mangalsutra etc. The victims said

that the products used at the academy were being heavily gamed. Empty bottles

and containers of genuine products are filled with fake products, which are

first used on children. Applicant Tanya Chaudhary says that this fake product

was used on her too. Due to which there was allergy on her face. She barely got

better after getting treatment from the doctor. The complainants had requested

District Magistrate Anuj Kumar Singh to take action in the matter. After this,

the Civil Lines police station had registered a case against the accused

operator Rakshanda Khan, her husband Shahnawaz Khan and another accused.

Superintendent of Police City Akhilesh Bhadoria said that on Friday, the

academy operator Rakshanda Khan and her husband Shahnawaz Khan were arrested.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi / Manoj Kumar Tayal