UP: 2 people arrested for alleged attempt to lure people to convert to Christianity

Bareilly/Ballia :  Two people were arrested in Rampur and Ballia on charges of allegedly inciting people to convert to Christianity, police said on Monday.
In Rampur, pastor Paulus Masih was arrested on Sunday for allegedly luring some people belonging to a Scheduled Caste to convert to Christianity in Sohna village under the Patwai police station limits on the occasion of Christmas, they said.
A case was registered against him under sections 3 and 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, police officials said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sansar Singh said SHO, Patwai, Harendra Yadav arrested the priest on a complaint by Rajeev Yadav of the same village.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, mainly envisages that no person shall convert, either directly or indirectly from one religion to another by use or practice of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage nor shall any person abet, convince or conspire such conversion.
It provides for imprisonment up to 10 years and a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 for violators.