Gurugram, Oct 1 (PTI) A cleric and the main accused have been arrested in the case of kidnapping and conversion of a 17-year-old girl in Nuh, police said.

The accused allegedly confessed that they had forced the girl to convert to Islam and marry. The police have also taken two other suspects in custody and are questioning them, they added.

According to the police, the arrested accused were identified as cleric Raiees Uddin and main accused Tariq, a resident of the Bhadanpur village in the Nuh district. The police have allegedly recovered fake documents of 'nikah' from their possession. Both the accused were taken on two days of remand after being produced in the Nuh court, said the police.

Tauru DSP Abhimanyu Lohan said that Tariq had allegedly eloped with the Bihar native minor girl o

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