MUMBAI: The Meghwadi police registered a case against a man for unlawful religious conversion through force, fraud, undue influence, allurement or marriage-related deception, invoking Section 9(1) of the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026. The enactment came into force on August 28, 2026.
However, she did not return home and stopped answering her mother’s calls. Subsequently, Rane lodged a missing complaint at the Virar police station, following which the police registered a case. The case was transferred to Meghwadi from Virar police station. The police are now in the process of recording Shravani’s statement before taking action.
On October 18, Shravani told her mother that she had received a bridal makeup assignment and left home in the morning. Based on the complaint, the Meghwadi police registered an FIR against Faiz on November 7 under the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026.
