India, Nov. 10 -- The Meghwadi police registered a case against a man for unlawful religious conversion through force, fraud, undue influence, allurement or marriage-related deception, invoking Section 9(1) of the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026. The enactment came into force on August 28, 2026.

In the FIR, the mother of a 22-year-old woman, Shravani, alleged that the accused, Faiz Akbar Khan, lured her daughter with the promise of marriage and forced her to convert to Islam. She also alleged that the accused promised her daughter financial assistance and support for her business after the conversion.

The complainant, Nilesha Rane, 50, works as a domestic helper in Goregaon and lives with her 26-year-old son in Virar East. Her...