Bengaluru Techie From Srinagar "Forced" Partner To Convert, Arrested: Cops
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The accused knew the victim since 2018 and was in a live-in relationship with her, the police said.
Karnataka police has arrested a 32-year-man from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly trying to convert a woman from another faith and engaging in "unnatural sexual acts" on the pretext of marriage, police said on Friday. The accused, identified as Mogil Ashraf Baig, used to work with an IT firm here. He has known the victim since 2018 and was in a live-in relationship with her. The woman also worked with a tech firm here, they said.
According to the police, the couple was planning to have a court marriage but later the man allegedly forced the woman to get converted to Islam. The woman also accused Baig of using the pretext of marriage to get her to agree to having sexual intercourse with him.
In the FIR, the woman has alleged that Baig forced her to engage in "unnatural sexual acts". She also accused his brother of threatening her over the phone, a senior police officer said.
