<p>A Muslim youth, a resident of Bijapur district in Karnataka, was booked under the anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, about 300 kilometres from here after being accused to 'luring' a Hindu girl.</p>.<p>According to the police sources the youth, identified as Mehboob, lived near Indi Railway station in Bijapur district, had allegedly lured a Hindu teen by hiding his identity.</p>.<p>Police said that the father of the girl, a resident of Chiluatal area in Gorakhpur, lodged an FIR alleging that his daughter was a victim of 'Love Jihad' (Muslim youths marrying Hindu girls under false pretences).</p>.<p>He told the cops that Mehboob, who had been in touch with his daughter for the past around a year, had posed to her as a Hindu boy. </p>.<p>Police said that the girl had left home for her college last week but did not return. The family members alleged that Mehboob had 'kidnapped' the girl.</p>.<p>A police team had left for Bijapur to trace the girl and arrest the Muslim youth, sources said.</p>.<p>Around 35 cases of alleged 'Love Jihad' had been lodged in different parts of the state after the new law came into effect in the state, according to the officials.</p>.<p>At least two cases of 'Love Jihad' had failed to pass the initial legal test in the state. In one of the cases, the court-ordered release of two arrested Muslim youths after the police failed to produce any evidence against them and in another, the court stayed the arrest of a Muslim man, who had been booked under the new law.</p>.<p>The new law provided for a maximum imprisonment of ten years and also a fine for religious conversion through deceit, force, allurement or any other fraudulent means or for the purpose of marriage.</p>
<p>A Muslim youth, a resident of Bijapur district in Karnataka, was booked under the anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, about 300 kilometres from here after being accused to 'luring' a Hindu girl.</p>.<p>According to the police sources the youth, identified as Mehboob, lived near Indi Railway station in Bijapur district, had allegedly lured a Hindu teen by hiding his identity.</p>.<p>Police said that the father of the girl, a resident of Chiluatal area in Gorakhpur, lodged an FIR alleging that his daughter was a victim of 'Love Jihad' (Muslim youths marrying Hindu girls under false pretences).</p>.<p>He told the cops that Mehboob, who had been in touch with his daughter for the past around a year, had posed to her as a Hindu boy. </p>.<p>Police said that the girl had left home for her college last week but did not return. The family members alleged that Mehboob had 'kidnapped' the girl.</p>.<p>A police team had left for Bijapur to trace the girl and arrest the Muslim youth, sources said.</p>.<p>Around 35 cases of alleged 'Love Jihad' had been lodged in different parts of the state after the new law came into effect in the state, according to the officials.</p>.<p>At least two cases of 'Love Jihad' had failed to pass the initial legal test in the state. In one of the cases, the court-ordered release of two arrested Muslim youths after the police failed to produce any evidence against them and in another, the court stayed the arrest of a Muslim man, who had been booked under the new law.</p>.<p>The new law provided for a maximum imprisonment of ten years and also a fine for religious conversion through deceit, force, allurement or any other fraudulent means or for the purpose of marriage.</p>