India, Oct. 2 -- Two people including a cleric were arrested in Nuh for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl and getting her married after converting her religion, police said on Wednesday.

Police said that the suspects were identified as Raees-ud-din, 48, and Mohammed Tariq, 24, both residents of Tauru, Nuh. They were arrested on Tuesday and taken on a two-day police remand for interrogation after production before a Faridabad court on Wednesday.

As per police, Tariq had eloped with a 17-year-old girl from Hanuman Nagar in Tauru on August 20.

Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) (Tauru) Abhimanyu Lohan said that during investigation, it was revealed that the cleric had performed all the process of religious conversion of the girl and ha...