Shamli, June 8 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested two individuals involved in a forced religious conversion case in the Kajiwada neighbourhood under the Kotwali police station area and a total of 16 held in various cases across Shamli district.

According to the Shamli Superintendent of Police (SP) NP Singh on Sunday, the incident involved a premeditated scheme to pressure a young man, lure him into a romantic trap, and subsequently blackmail him for financial gain.

In a post on X, Shamli police wrote, "In the Kotwali police station area, under the Kazi Wada neighbourhood, two accused persons have been arrested in a case involving the planned coercion of a young man through emotional entrapment for the purpose of blackmailing him a...