Police orders probe into 'religious conversion' of barber in J&K's Kupwara

Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district have registered a case to investigate the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber from Hinduism to Islam.

Police have registered a case to investigate the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber to Islam in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.

The teenager has been identified as Vishal, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor.

''A case relating to alleged religious conversion has been reported in Kupwara. Cognisance of the matter has been taken, and an FIR under relevant sections of law has been registered,'' the officials said.

The officials said the police have appealed to the people not to pay heed to rumours or circulate unverified information, adding that a probe is underway.