Forced religious conversion bid: Man files case against wife

Bengaluru: A case has been filed against a woman by her husband alleging a forceful religious conversion bid in Bengaluru.

The man has lodged a complaint against his wife and her parents at Mahalakshmi police station.

In 2019, the man, a Hindu working at a welding shop, had love marriage with a Christian girl. But, his wife and her family pressurised him to get converted to Christianity.

He had stated in the complaint that the harassment has become unbearable and his wife and her parents are now giving him life threats to get converted to christianity.

He told police that whenever he went to other states for job, his wife lodges missing complaints deliberately to harass him. He also said that his wife had taken a loan in his name from neighbours.

 

(With IANS inputs)