Swarajya has been reporting about a case in Bihar’s Begusarai district where a minor girl has been missing since November 20 and her alleged kidnapper has Whatsapped her conversion and nikah papers to her family.

The girl is a Hindu and belongs to a backward caste. The accused is her tutor Mohammad Jaseem alias Sameer, who is 26.

A first information report (FIR) in the case was registered at Muffasil Police Station’s Dumri block on 22 November (number 612/19) under IPC sections 366 (procuration of minor girl) and 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder).