The Delhi Police dispersed people from a birthday party in Delhi’s Wazirabad after receiving a call which alleged that religious conversion was taking place at the banquet hall.
An official, however, said that no such evidence of religious conversion has been found so far.
The Wazirabad police station received a PCR call about the alleged conversion bid on Friday night following which, the police reached the banquet hall to find that a child’s birthday party was underway at the venue.
Around 50 to 60 people from inside the hall and around 300 to 400 from outside the hall were dispersed by the police. Police said that five to six people were detained from outside the banquet hall, however they were later released when the crowd was being dispersed.
Officials have launched an inquiry into the matter where statements of people present at the birthday party and of those who called the police station are being recorded. Videos from the birthday party are also being checked, police added.
Based on further investigation, necessary actions will be taken, the police official added.
In May this year, three people were arrested for allegedly trying to convert a woman worker of the BJP to Christianity in Uttar Pradesh’s Khoda district.
Ibrahim Thomas, his wife Reewa and one Babita were arrested on Saturday following a complaint by Sunita Arora, a local BJP worker. The woman, Sunita Arora, alleged that her neighbour Babita introduced her to Thomas, a Kerala native working at the Kalwari Church.
A case was registered and Thomas, Reewa and Babita were arrested under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act and sent to jail, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans Hindan) Vivek Chandra Yadav said.
(with inputs from PTI)
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