Bijnor (UP), Oct 29 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly pressuring a woman to convert her religion for marriage after concealing his identity and entering into a physical relationship with her, police said on Thursday.

     The accused, Salman, a resident of Habib Wala village in Dhampur and an autorickshaw driver, introduced himself as Sandeep when he met the 30-year-old complainant in Chandigarh in 2019, Superintendent of Police K K Bishnoi said.

     The two became friends and had three children without getting married, the woman alleged in her complaint.

     She later discovered the accused's real identity through his Aadhaar card, following which he brought her and the children to his village, the complaint stated.

     The woman alleged that Salman was now pressuring her to convert her religion to marry him and had assaulted her before throwing her out of the house.

     Based on her complaint, police arrested Salman under relevant provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, the SP said.

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