Madikeri, June 20 -- A case involving the alleged forced religious conversion of a nine-year-old boy has triggered widespread outrage in Kodagu district in Karnataka, with the police launching an investigation and arresting two persons in connection with the incident.

According to the complaint, the child, a resident of Kushalnagar, was allegedly taken to a mosque in Kerala's Malappuram district along with his mother, where he was reportedly subjected to circumcision and converted to another faith without the consent of his father.

Case registered

The boy's father, Rajeev, has accused two men, identified as Salim and Jaleel, of influencing his wife, Sachita (also referred to in some reports as Sajida), and facilitating the alleged conv...