A fresh twist to the alleged Meerut gang rape as the young woman has retracted from her earlier statement and denies the allegation that she was abducted, gang-raped and forcefully converted to Islam.
The girl in her latest statement confessed that she eloped with her Muslim boyfriend, with her own will.
The girl even confessed that she that her kith and kin took money from politicians and forced her to give such statements.
In August, the victim in her complaint said that she was raped and beaten by the accused, police based on her compalint detained the accused and the other seven and
The entire incident of gang rape and forced conversion had triggered tension in the area and local BJP leader’s parties branded the issue as ‘Love Jihad’.
Yogi Adityanath, BJP MP even ran a campaign against “love jihad” ahead of the bypolls in the state.
She was presented before a magistrate and is at present staying in Meerut Nari Niketan, said Meerut Rural SP.
Several BJP leaders, Sangh Parivar, Hindutva activist’s and Right-wing Hindu groups and affiliated groups took up the issue and claim that it was a part of a conspiracy by Muslim men to trick Hindu women into marriage, and then forcing them to convert which put western Uttar Pradesh to the boil.