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Eleven Indian states now have legislations restricting conversions by force, fraud, inducement or allurement.
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BENGALURU - Bengaluru resident Syed Moyin became the first person in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to be arrested for something that had become a crime only two weeks earlier.
The 23-year-old had eloped with his neighbour, a 19-year-old Hindu woman, earlier this year, and the couple had married after she converted to Islam. Based on a complaint filed by her mother, the police arrested Mr Moyin on Oct 13 for alleged religious conversion by “allurement” under the new Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Act.
