Prayagraj: The Phulpur police on Monday arrested two persons, including a woman, allegedly involved in luring poor girls from Dalit families, taking them to Kerala for religious conversion and pushing them into anti-national activities. Those arrested were Daraksha Bano (19) and Mohd Kaif (25) of Lilhat village.DCP (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Singh told TOI that a woman, Guddi Devi of Lilhat village, approached Phulpur police on June 28 alleging that Daraksha, on May 8, enticed her 15-year-old daughter on the pretext of money and took her to Kerala where she was forcibly converted.Guddi Devi alleged that she was threatened since she lodged a complaint. However, adequate security cover has been provided to Guddi Devi and her family members.Investigations revealed that Daraksha took the girl in a train from Prayagraj junction to Delhi from where they boarded another train to Kerala. It was also alleged that Mohd Kaif tried to molest the minor girl at Prayagraj station, the DCP added.The victim told police: “After reaching Thrissur (Kerala), Daraksha arranged a meeting with some persons with dubious character, and they forcibly converted her religion.”The minor girl noticed anti-national activities being carried out by the group. She, somehow, managed to escape from their clutches and reached Thrissur railway station and narrated her woes to local police, who then contacted her family in Prayagraj. The girl was handed over to the child welfare committee in Thrissur until she was brought back to Prayagraj by family members with the help of Phulpur police.After returning from Kerala, the family submitted their application to the police, and a case was lodged under appropriate sections of BNS. The DCP said that Daraksha was part of an organised racket and police teams have been formed to break their network. The girl was currently kept at a one-stop centre in Prayagraj.
