India, July 21 -- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the state too needs an anti-conversion law to deal with 'forced conversions', prompting some legislators to ask the government to table the data on such cases reported in Goa.

Sawant floated the idea in the state assembly when he was responding to a calling attention motion moved by Premendra Shet of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who spotlighted the case of SB Krishna, who was arrested in Goa by the Uttar Pradesh police on charges of abduction of two girls.

Shet said Krishna, also known as Ayesha and Nikki, was arrested on charges of kidnapping two girls for marriage.

"Under UP's anti-conversion law, forced conversions are not allowed. Many states have passed ...