Which of these statements is false regarding ‘abducted persons’?
Q. Which of these statements is false regarding ‘abducted persons’?
(a) The term referred to all persons (male and female) below the age of 16 and who had been forcibly converted to the other religion and were made to reside forcibly with a person or family from the other community.
(b) The Government of India passed the recovery and restoration of the Abducted Persons Act (1948) to recover such persons. An elaborate government machinery of dedicated officers and social workers were employed in this huge task.
(c) The cut-off date for identifying people as such was kept at 15th August 1947.
(d) All the above.
Ans: (c) The cut-off date for identifying people as such was kept at 15th August 1947.