Overview
- The FIR filed on March 17 initially cited BNS Sections 69, 351 and 308, with Section 5(3) of the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion law and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act added after review.
- SHO Puneet Kumar and SI Preeti Gupta of Phase-3 station were suspended, an explanation was sought from DCP Shakti Mohan Awasthi, and a preliminary inquiry was initiated against ACP Umesh Yadav with ADCP Manisha Singh tasked with the probe.
- Officials said the omissions were flagged after right-wing activists, including Bajrang Dal members, protested outside the Phase-3 police station seeking inclusion of the conversion and SC/ST provisions.
- Reports differ on the accused’s custody status, with some police statements citing an arrest and another senior official saying he remained at large with teams formed to trace him.
- The complainant, a 24-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh working in Noida, alleges the 26-year-old accused concealed his identity, coerced her to convert, made threats using intimate videos, extorted money and raped her on the pretext of marriage.